Gorof Melyn is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 February 1999. Cottage.
Gorof Melyn
- WRENN ID
- under-parapet-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1999
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gorof Melyn, Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery, Llanfair-Ar-Y-Bryn
- OS grid reference
- SN 785 436
- Coordinates
- 52.07791, -3.77367
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gorof Melyn is a cottage constructed from colourwashed rubble stone, topped with a slate roof and featuring a shortened stone stack at the northern end. The building is single storey with a loft and has a double-fronted design, with large sash windows on either side of the half-glazed door, all supported by timber lintels. The sashes include marginal glazing bars. There is a lean-to structure on the southern end, which has a loft light above it. The southwest corner of the house is rounded. The property was not accessible during the resurvey.
Local climate
Gorof Melyn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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