Dryslwyn-fawr Cowshed is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1999. Cowshed.
Dryslwyn-fawr Cowshed
- WRENN ID
- small-belfry-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1999
- Type
- Cowshed
- Address
- Dryslwyn-fawr Cowshed, Carmarthen, Llanarthney
- OS grid reference
- SN 553 198
- Coordinates
- 51.85818, -4.10151
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Dryslwyn-fawr Cowshed is a long, low building constructed from local rubble sandstone, featuring limestone quoins and dressings. The front of the building, which faces east towards the yard, has been whitened. It has a slate roof with a tile ridge. The arrangement of doors and windows at both the front and rear has been altered over time. At the front, where livestock entered, there are low rectangular windows with cambered heads that alternate with taller flat-headed doorways. At the rear, which is the feeding walk side, most openings have been changed haphazardly, but two slit windows and two typical Cawdor-estate windows remain, featuring flat-arch heads supported by large impost stones.
The roof consists of 16 bays, with collar beams that are bolted and strapped to the principals, and two purlins on each side. The cattle stalls have been replaced with concrete, and the feeding walk is located on the west side. The original blue paving bricks are still present for surface drainage.
Local climate
Dryslwyn-fawr Cowshed sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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