Cowshed at Lower Maestorglwydd is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1995. Cowshed.
Cowshed at Lower Maestorglwydd
- WRENN ID
- weathered-window-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1995
- Type
- Cowshed
- Address
- Cowshed at Lower Maestorglwydd, Llanigon, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 209 374
- Coordinates
- 52.02999, -3.15316
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cowshed at Lower Maestorglwydd, dated 1677, is an L-shaped building that adjoins a barn. It is constructed of stone and features a corrugated asbestos roof. The structure is one storey high with a loft and includes a sturdy doorframe on the north side, which has the inscription "1677 WG" on the timber lintel. There are additional original timber-lintelled openings also facing north. Inside, the roof remains original, supported by tiebeams and diagonal struts to the principal rafters.
Local climate
Cowshed at Lower Maestorglwydd sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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