Pen-y-Lan Farmhouse, and attached Barn To North is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Gate lodge.

Pen-y-Lan Farmhouse, and attached Barn To North

WRENN ID
kindled-footing-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Gate lodge
Address
Pen-y-Lan Farmhouse, and attached Barn To North, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 043 273
Coordinates
51.93681, -3.39332
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pen-y-Lan Farmhouse and the attached barn to the north form a long house derivative. The barn and farmhouse are connected along the west side of the farmyard, with part of the farmhouse, which includes a lean-to, positioned against the long rear elevation of the barn. The barn is located at the northern end of the range, while the farmhouse is at the southern end. The barn features four bays, a slate roof, and stone walls, with a loft entry in the northern gable end. It has tall double doors with slate canopies on both sides in the second bay from the north end, and there is a stone threshing floor inside.

The lean-to part of the farmhouse is built against the southern bay of the barn's western elevation, sharing a continuous slate roof with the barn and featuring a chimney stack. The walls are made of colour-washed stone rubble. The remaining part of the farmhouse to the south has a separate slate roof that has a higher ridge than the barn. The eastern elevation of the farmhouse is two storeys high, with two bays and a central doorway. The ground floor is made of painted stone rubble with stonework similar to that of the barn, although the courses appear to be discontinuous. The upper floor is constructed of painted brick and features small-pane Brecon hopper windows, along with a modern painted brick porch.

Local climate

Pen-y-Lan Farmhouse, and attached Barn To North sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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