Golwg Yr Afon is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 1991. Shop, house. 2 related planning applications.
Golwg Yr Afon
- WRENN ID
- kindled-outpost-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1991
- Type
- Shop, house
- Address
- Golwg Yr Afon, 5 Market Square, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9AQ
- OS grid reference
- SN 309 407
- Coordinates
- 52.03894, -4.46673
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Golwg Yr Afon is a late 18th or early 19th century shop and house built of whitewashed rubble stone, topped with an imitation slate roof. It features a large stone right-end stack, shared with the adjacent property at No. 4. A stone stack at the left end, formerly shared with No. 6, has been removed. The two-storey front presents an unusual design, as the ground floor appears to have been originally intended for commercial use. Above, there are three 12-pane sash windows, each with a timber lintel and slate sill. The ground floor windows are united by a single long timber lintel, and include a large 16-pane sash window, a door, and another sash window. Slate sills are present on all ground floor windows. To the left, a flush-panelled 6-panel door is set above a small, paned overlight featuring grid tracery. The other entrance door has a pair of 3-panel doors, with the central panel now glazed, and a traceried overlight incorporating an unusual oval and lozenge design. This building is an unusual integrated shop and house, possibly linked to the nearby market.
Local climate
Golwg Yr Afon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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