Abergwenlais outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 November 1995. Office building.
Abergwenlais outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- inner-postern-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1995
- Type
- Office building
- Address
- Abergwenlais outbuildings, Cilycwm
- OS grid reference
- SN 759 389
- Coordinates
- 52.03546, -3.81043
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Abergwenlais consists of a house, mill, and outbuildings, built from whitewashed rubble stone with slate roofs. The structure features three ranges arranged in a roughly L-shape. The two-storey house is located at the northern end, with the taller mill positioned at an angle to the left, and the outbuildings extending to the east.
The outbuildings are adjacent to a lean-to of the mill. The barn faces northeast and includes a single high door at the center with stone voussoirs, flanked by loops on each side and an additional door to the left, also with stone voussoirs. This barn connects to a short return range that faces northwest and appears to have been constructed first, as indicated by its rounded northwest corner. There is one loft light under the eaves, a door on the ground floor to the left, and a loop in the angle to the right. The rear of the barn is plain and features an outshut, with one door and stone voussoirs to the left.
Inside the mill, the ground floor is supported by three heavy beams, while the first floor has pine beams. The roof features impressive arch-braced collar trusses with diagonal struts above the collar, secured with bolted joints. A massive timber horizontal shaft for a hoist is present in the roof. The barn has a later 19th-century roof with stapled collars, spanning four bays.
Local climate
Abergwenlais outbuildings 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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