Barn at Henbant Fach is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Barn.

Barn at Henbant Fach

WRENN ID
bitter-sill-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1998
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Henbant Fach, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 244 207
Coordinates
51.88045, -3.09911
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Henbant Fach is situated on a steeply sloping site, with its northern gable end built into the bank. The walls are constructed of rubble sandstone, while the timber framing below the eaves is clad in weatherboarding. The barn features a wide batter at the downhill end, and the roof is covered with concrete pantiles.

The front of the barn has central boarded doors leading to the wagon bay, and to the lower left, there is a boarded door that provides access to a former stable located beneath the barn floor. At the rear, external stone stairs lead to a central doorway framed in stop-chamfered wood, although the lower steps have been replaced with concrete.

Although the barn was not inspected during the survey in January 1998, it was recorded by Smith and Jones as retaining three pairs of upper crucks.

Local climate

Barn at Henbant Fach sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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