Stables at Heol-ddu is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 January 1993. Stable.

Stables at Heol-ddu

WRENN ID
winter-steeple-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Llanelli MP: Dame Nia Griffith (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 January 1993
Type
Stable
Address
Stables at Heol-ddu, Llanelli, Gorslas
OS grid reference
SN 539 151
Coordinates
51.816, -4.11962
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The stables at Heol-ddu are a tall stable range built in rubble masonry, featuring an almost symmetrical front and a roof made of corrugated steel sheeting. The structure has two slit ventilators for the loft on both the left and right sides. There are boarded stable doors at the end bays, and the central cart entrance has been narrowed. Each side of the cart entrance has one inserted window, and all openings have timber lintels. The downhill gable end includes outside stairs leading up to a similar doorway, while the uphill end has a modern lean-to. A datestone is centrally located at a high level, and there are small blocked stable ventilation holes in the rear elevation.

Inside, the roof structure consists of six bays with light 19th-century trusses, and the loft floor structure has eight bays supported by large main beams. The loft vents are designed to splay internally.

Local climate

Stables at Heol-ddu sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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