cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1995. Cowshed.

cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 August 1995
Type
Cowshed
Address
cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr, Pumpsaint, Cynwyl Gaeo
OS grid reference
SN 664 414
Coordinates
52.05564, -3.9494
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr is a long, single-storey structure built from whitewashed rubble, featuring an integral lofted stable at the eastern end, which is the downslope side. It has a slate roof with slated barges. The front of the building consists of eight bays, with the two right-hand bays being later additions that have a lower roofline.

On the left side, there are seven doorways with cambered stone voussoired heads and planked doors, two of which on the right are divided. The second and fourth doorways from the left have been blocked and replaced with 6-pane windows. There is also a 6-pane window on the right, with a similar head design. The left end of the building is made of rubble and features a 2-light gable window with cast iron latticed glazing, matching the head style of the other windows. The right end has been modified and includes small rubble pig-sties set back to the right.

To the rear of the cow-shed, there are extensive 20th-century farm buildings. The roof, dating from the late 19th century, is a collarbeam design supported by iron cramps, and there is a loft above the stable.

Local climate

cow-shed at Cefn-Coed Mawr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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