Circular cow-house at Gwaunclawdd

The circular cow-house at Gwaunclawdd is a Grade II* listed structure. It is built from rubble stone and features slate roofs. The design includes a two-storey inner cylinder topped with a conical roof, which has a leaded ball finial, and two lean-tos with sloping roofs. The entrances to the inner cylinder are positioned opposite each other.

Each entrance bay features a broad loft door with a timber lintel and double boarded doors above a narrower ground floor door, which is framed by stone voussoirs. The lean-tos surrounding the structure have blank walls, with their end walls splayed into the entrances of the central cylinder, and the angles are curved. There are extensive areas of collapse present.

Inside, the central section has a cobbled ground floor and a loft above. There are four cambered-headed doors leading from the centre to the outer lean-tos, making a total of ten openings around the structure, including the opposed doors. The lean-tos also have cobbled floors with drainage channels. The conical roof is supported by radial tie-beams connected to a king-post with raking struts, while the lean-tos feature tie-beams and rafter roofs.