Croesffordd is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 June 2004. Cottage.

Croesffordd

WRENN ID
crooked-cornice-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 June 2004
Type
Cottage
Address
Croesffordd, Blaenos, Llandovery
OS grid reference
SN 755 351
Coordinates
52.00041, -3.81476
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Croesffordd is an estate cottage built from rubble stone, featuring a deep eaved roof covered with 20th-century concrete tiles. The eaves have a decorative fretted board, while the bargeboards appear plain and may have been altered. A tall chimney made of yellow brick is located on the rear roof slope, with panelled sides and a cornice.

The windows are charming timber cross-windows, which include bead-moulding on the cross-mullion and small panes. They are adorned with stone voussoirs, raised keystones (some made from Llangadog red stone), stone hoodmoulds, and stone sills. The front of the cottage has a former door that now features a 20th-century cross-window to the left, and a window to the right with a keystone dated 1867. The end walls each have a similar window on the ground floor and a pair of small casements above for the loft, with the upper windows having flat slab lintels. The lower window on the right side is blank.

On the left side, there is a 20th-century single-storey porch made of rubble stone, added to the left of the gable end, with a board door that has been reused from the original doorway. At the rear, there is an outshut with a plain square stack made of yellow bricks similar to those on the main chimney, located on the right side. Attached to the left corner of the cottage is a small gabled outbuilding positioned at right angles.

Local climate

Croesffordd 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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