Rhos yr Olchfa is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2003. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rhos yr Olchfa
- WRENN ID
- blind-lancet-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 August 2003
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rhos yr Olchfa, Aberystwyth, Llangwyryfon
- OS grid reference
- SN 581 670
- Coordinates
- 52.2832, -4.08027
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Rhos yr Olchfa is a house constructed from whitewashed rubble stone, topped with a slate roof that has close eaves. The building features stone end stacks with projecting caps and drip courses. It is two storeys high and has a two-window front that is offset to the right, with 4-pane sash windows and slate sills. The ground floor window heads have been renewed in black brick. The gable ends have also had their bargeboards renewed. The entry door is located in the left end wall of a rear outshut, featuring stone voussoirs and a small window above it. There are two windows in the right end wall of the outshut and two more windows at the rear of the outshut, with one very small window on the right side.
Local climate
Rhos yr Olchfa sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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