Bwlch-y-gwynt is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 2005. Farmhouse.

Bwlch-y-gwynt

WRENN ID
old-moat-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 March 2005
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bwlch-y-gwynt, Mynydd Bach, Aberystwyth, Pontarfynach
OS grid reference
SN 721 764
Coordinates
52.37114, -3.87916
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bwlch-y-gwynt is a two-storey farmhouse with a whitewashed render and a slate roof, featuring rendered end stacks. The building is double-fronted and slightly offset to the right. It has two 6-pane casement windows under the eaves on the upper floor, while the ground floor includes two 4-pane horned sash windows and a central door located in a gabled porch.

Local climate

Bwlch-y-gwynt sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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