Glandulais Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 1993. Military structure.

Glandulais Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-tallow-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 July 1993
Type
Military structure
Address
Glandulais Farmhouse, Llanwrda, Llansadwrn
OS grid reference
SN 708 308
Coordinates
51.96103, -3.88107
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Glandulais Farmhouse is a two-part farmhouse dating from the early 19th century. The original section faces northwest away from the yard and features whitewashed roughcast with a slate roof and roughcast end stacks on the left. It is two stories high with a three-window front, showcasing 12-pane sash windows with slightly cambered heads and stone sills, with larger windows on the ground floor. The entrance is arched and includes a recessed modern half-glazed door and an original radiating-bar fanlight. The eaves are supported by paired brackets, and the left end wall is also whitewashed.

The parallel rear range is longer, with a one plus four plus one window layout, facing the farmyard to the southeast. This section is made of unpainted rubble stone and has a slate roof, with one stack on the left end and another on the ridge. There is a cemented plinth and a low rubble wall in front. The openings have cambered heads with grey stone voussoirs and 12-pane sashes, six of which are on the upper floor. The ground floor includes a lean-to on the left, followed by a door that is not aligned, then a four-bay center with a blocked door, a sash window, a boarded door with a three-pane overlight, and another sash window on the far right. The windows flanking the main door are broader, and the left gable end has one attic window, while the right gable end is whitewashed with sash windows on each floor.

The rear elevation of this range, which is also whitewashed roughcast, is set back to the right of the original house and features three large close-set 12-pane sashes on each floor. A raised door on the ground floor left indicates that this part of the building was converted to a granary and stores after the family returned to Abermarlais. There is a single-storey outbuilding extending forward from the right end.

The early 19th-century part retains its late-Georgian character, including a central staircase, panelled shutters, and six-panel doors, while the later part remains similarly unaltered.

Local climate

Glandulais Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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