Cart Shed, Leighton Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 March 1998. Cart shed.

Cart Shed, Leighton Farm

WRENN ID
far-plaster-sage
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 March 1998
Type
Cart shed
Address
Cart Shed, Leighton Farm, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
OS grid reference
SJ 242 052
Coordinates
52.63953, -3.1202
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cart Shed at Leighton Farm is an open-sided building constructed of brick, featuring coped stone gables on moulded kneelers and a slate roof. The west side is open and divided into eight bays by timber posts set in concrete bases. A modern shed has been built in front of one of the open bays. The north and south gable ends have breathers arranged in lozenge patterns.

Inside, the building has a king post roof with raking struts. The interior is further divided by a central brick partition wall, and the visible floor is made of brick paving.

Local climate

Cart Shed, Leighton Farm receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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