Former Crossing Keeper's Cabin is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 2010. Cabin.

Former Crossing Keeper's Cabin

WRENN ID
errant-oriel-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 October 2010
Type
Cabin
Address
Former Crossing Keeper's Cabin, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
OS grid reference
SJ 225 032
Coordinates
52.62139, -3.1453
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Former Crossing Keeper's Cabin is a small, single-storey building dating from the 19th century. It features a timber frame with plank cladding and a brick end wall on the left, topped with a corrugated tin roof. The cabin has a central four-panel timber door with glazed upper panels and a four-pane casement window to the right. An external stepped brick chimney stack is located on the left side. Long five-pane windows at the rear and right side likely provide visibility onto and along the railway line. Attached to the front of the cabin is a cast iron lever mechanism, which may relate to the operation of the cabin and the control of the crossing.

Inside, the cabin has a single room layout that includes a small cast iron range with a shelf above on the left and a raised sleeping platform on the right, showing signs of former fittings underneath. The floor is made of concrete, with a hearth stone in front of the range. The ceiling is lined with tongue and groove timber. Other internal features include a mirrored glass in the rear window, a roller blind, and shelving at the front window.

Local climate

Former Crossing Keeper's Cabin 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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