Nantycae is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 December 2004. Cottage.
Nantycae
- WRENN ID
- grey-garret-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 December 2004
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nantycae, Pontrhydygroes, Ystrad Meurig, Ysbyty Ystwyth
- OS grid reference
- SN 775 730
- Coordinates
- 52.34155, -3.79838
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Nantycae is a cottage built from whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs that overhang at the gables. It is a single storey with an attic and features a square single-room plan as its main part, with a door leading into a short wing to the left and a range of outbuildings at the rear. The north front has a small canted bay window on the ground floor, which contains a pair of casement windows at the front and a casement window on each side, each with six panes. There is a thick slate sill and small slates on the roof. The first floor features a 19th-century six-pane horned sash window with a slate sill.
The east wing to the left has a gabled end facing east and a door on the north side, accessed by two slate steps. The east end has a 20th-century ground floor window and a very small narrow light in the gable. The west side has a massive external chimney breast that is wider with one set off each side, topped by two large square red brick chimney shafts. To the right of the chimney are 20th-century windows, including one on the ground floor with a concrete sill and another on the first floor with a slate sill.
At the rear, there is a single-storey range of outbuildings with a slightly lower roof. This includes a 20th-century lean-to on the right and two doors on the left. There is a loft window at the north end and two square sash windows under the eaves at the rear, along with a roofless stone lean-to.
Inside, the ground floor has stone slab flooring and a large open fireplace, which includes a moulded stone from Strata Florida Abbey featuring a double circle pattern on the right side. A new staircase has been added in the centre of the main room, and there is a small kitchen at the rear. There was previously a staircase in the east wing, which has now been removed. The outbuilding features cobbled flooring and old roof trusses.
Local climate
Nantycae sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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