Barn and attached ranges at Pen-Cilau is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Barn.

Barn and attached ranges at Pen-Cilau

WRENN ID
scattered-wicket-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 1998
Type
Barn
Address
Barn and attached ranges at Pen-Cilau, Cwm Onnau, Llangattock, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 189 169
Coordinates
51.84566, -3.17783
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn and attached ranges at Pen-Cilau is a large structure built from masonry rubble and topped with a slate roof, featuring a later wing that extends at right angles. The main barn has a wagon bay located just north of the center. On the east side, there are boarded double doors beneath a slate-covered canopy, with three pairs of vertically aligned ventilation slits to the left and two pairs to the right. A boarded door is situated at the right end. The west side, facing the courtyard, has metal doors flanked by matching ventilation slits, and to the left, there is a window that likely used to be a door. The south gable end includes two ventilation slits and a loft hatch. To the north, there is a lower range that features a window beneath a long timber lintel on the east side. This range was extended to the west in the 19th century, where it connects to the downhill range of the house. The extension consists of two bays, with the western bay containing a wide through-passage that provides access to the courtyard and the house. Adjacent to the western end of the extension and the north gable end of the house is a small lean-to stable.

Inside, the barn has a six-bay layout supported by queen post trusses, with some beams slightly chamfered. The wagon bay features a stone threshing floor, and there is a raised loft to the north with a door leading to a basement cow-house. A further raised area is located to the south of the wagon bay. Two doors connect the basement cow-house to the later lower range. At the top of the wall, two ventilation slits are visible, one of which has been converted into a small window. Most of the west wing and this area were utilized as milking parlours in the 20th century and contain concrete partitions and floors. The western bay of the west wing includes a through-passage with a cobbled floor and queen post trusses.

Local climate

Barn and attached ranges at Pen-Cilau sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 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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