North Farm Building adjacent to Pennal Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 May 2005. Barn.
North Farm Building adjacent to Pennal Chapel
- WRENN ID
- strange-roof-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 May 2005
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SN 738 976
- Coordinates
- 52.56203, -3.86273
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The North Farm Building, located adjacent to Pennal Chapel, is a 19th-century barn constructed from shaley rubble stone, with some traces of limewash visible beneath its renewed corrugated steel roof. The barn features three bays and faces south, showcasing a wide central entrance with a timber lintel, flanked by two tiers of ventilation slits. To the left, there is a single doorway with a split door, topped by a segmental brick head. The east gable includes three ventilation slits, and below these is an open lean-to timber shed. The rear of the building has a winnowing doorway.
Adjoining the barn at right angles to the left is a shallow-roofed lofted range, which has a cart-bay on the far left; this doorway has been infilled with corrugated iron sheeting and is also topped with a timber lintel. To the right, there are two doorways, both featuring segmental brick heads, leading to a boarded door and a split door, respectively. The loft area has a four-pane window to the left and a boarded loft hatch to the right, both positioned just under the eaves. The barn is supported by simple pegged tie-beam trusses with collars, which can be seen from the exterior.
Local climate
North Farm Building adjacent to Pennal Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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