Bee bole at Ty-mawr Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1998. Schoolhouse.

Bee bole at Ty-mawr Farm

WRENN ID
stark-loggia-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 January 1998
Type
Schoolhouse
Address
Bee bole at Ty-mawr Farm, Grwyne Fawr, Abergavenny, Crucorney, Monmouthshire
OS grid reference
SO 283 232
Coordinates
51.90311, -3.04223
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The bee bole at Ty-mawr Farm is a dry stone garden wall constructed with thin coursed stone. It features a rectangular framed opening with a recess behind, facing south. Inside this recess, there are two circular stone platters that serve as bases for bee skeps.

Local climate

Bee bole at Ty-mawr 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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