Old Building East of West Tarr Medieval House is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 April 1996. Ruin, possible storage building.
Old Building East of West Tarr Medieval House
- WRENN ID
- empty-corbel-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1996
- Type
- Ruin, possible storage building
- Address
- Old Building East of West Tarr Medieval House, Penally
- OS grid reference
- SN 089 008
- Coordinates
- 51.67342, -4.7648
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Building East of West Tarr is a two-storey structure, now an unroofed ruin, whose age is unknown. It may have had some connection to the nearby medieval house at some point. Due to its narrow dimensions, it likely did not serve as a residence but rather as a storage building associated with the medieval house. The south gable, which faces higher ground and may have had a door to the upper storey, appears to have been recently rebuilt.
The building is constructed into the same steep slope as the medieval house, but its long axis runs at right angles to the contours. The walls are made of rubble limestone and are approximately 0.5 meters thick. The upper floor was supported by about nine joists, and the roof was also made of timber. There is no evidence of any vaulting.
The floor area measures approximately 2.2 meters by 5 meters. There is an entrance doorway to the lower storey located at the north end of the west side wall, which features inside rebates. The upper storey contains a slit window in the north gable, with an internal rebate that suggests it may have had a shutter. This building is listed for its group value with the medieval house.
Local climate
Old Building East of West Tarr Medieval House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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