Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 May 1996. Warehouse.
Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard
- WRENN ID
- white-balcony-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1996
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard, Monachty/Mynachdy, Dyffryn Arth
- OS grid reference
- SN 504 620
- Coordinates
- 52.23629, -4.19104
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The covered dung-pit at Monachty Farmyard is a mid to late 19th-century structure. It is a sunken pit that is lined with stone and has a sloping entry from the east. The dung-pit is topped with a large slate roof that is hipped to the west, supported by six red brick piers on each side, which are set on low red-brick walls that are partly lined with rubble stone. The eastern end is open, while the western end has two bays. The brickwork on the northern side has been largely renewed. The roof features five bays and is constructed with bolted collar trusses. This unusual Victorian farmyard structure is listed due to its rarity and its group value with the other exceptional farmyard buildings at Monachty.
Local climate
Covered Dung-pit in Monachty Farmyard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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Nearby listed buildings
- L-plan ranges on N and W sides of farmyard at Monachty
- SE range of farm court at Monachty
- Outbuilding on S side of farmyard at Monachty
- E range of farmyard at Monachty
- Service Range to NE of Monachty
- Coach-House, stable and service courts at Monachty
- Monachty/ Mynachdy
- Gates and Railings at North Lodge
- North Lodge
- Gates and Railings at South Lodge