Cartshed and Granary at the Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 March 1996. Cartshed, granary.

Cartshed and Granary at the Steps

WRENN ID
sombre-floor-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 March 1996
Type
Cartshed, granary
Address
Cartshed and Granary at the Steps, Llanwenarth, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
OS grid reference
SO 271 155
Coordinates
51.83346, -3.05805
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This 19th-century building is a three-bay cartshed with a granary above. It features stone gable ends and a rear section under a slate roof. The front is weatherboarded, covering the open-fronted cartsheds supported by roughly hewn timber pillars. There are outside steps leading to the left gable end, which has a boarded door. This building is included for its group value with The Steps and the associated farmyard buildings.

Local climate

Cartshed and Granary at the Steps sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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