Large Barn at Pont Rhys Powell Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1998. Barn.
Large Barn at Pont Rhys Powell Farm
- WRENN ID
- guardian-timber-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1998
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Large Barn at Pont Rhys Powell Farm, Cwmyoy, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire
- OS grid reference
- SO 311 224
- Coordinates
- 51.89655, -3.00169
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The large barn at Pont Rhys Powell Farm is constructed from pink and grey sandstone and features a corrugated metal sheet roof. Built into the hillside, the barn has a gable end that provides an additional storey at the road gable. It consists of five bays and has two slit vents on either side of the central doors, which are adorned with a small projecting hood at the front but lack one at the rear. The road gable displays a configuration of three, two, and one slit vents above the cowhouse, which originally had three doors for two rows of cows and a central feeding passage; however, only the left door remains, featuring its original oak frame and plank door with iron strap hinges. All three timber lintels are intact, with a small window located beneath the middle one. A date plaque is positioned in the gable, and there are doors to the cowhouse in both flank walls, along with some blocked triangular vents. The top gable end includes a taking-in door to the tallet, and there is evidence of an additional building that has since been removed.
Inside, the barn has four principal rafter trusses with Queen struts, three tiers of trenched purlins, and a ridge piece, although the secondary rafters have been replaced. The cowhouse features a plain design with a heavy, roughly beamed ceiling.
Local climate
Large Barn at Pont Rhys Powell Farm receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% 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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