Wheel-Pit and Water-Wheel at Llanerchaeron (Previously listed as sited at Llanaeron) is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 November 1990. Wheel-pit.

Wheel-Pit and Water-Wheel at Llanerchaeron (Previously listed as sited at Llanaeron)

WRENN ID
grey-cloister-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 November 1990
Type
Wheel-pit
Address
Wheel-Pit and Water-Wheel at Llanerchaeron (Previously listed as sited at Llanaeron), Ciliau Aeron
OS grid reference
SN 481 601
Coordinates
52.21884, -4.22409
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure is a large stone-lined wheel-pit that contains a significant overshot cast-iron water wheel.

Local climate

Wheel-Pit and Water-Wheel at Llanerchaeron (Previously listed as sited at Llanaeron) 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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