Goose rearing shelters and mounting block at Tan-y-rhiw is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 November 2003. Shelter.

Goose rearing shelters and mounting block at Tan-y-rhiw

WRENN ID
first-stone-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 November 2003
Type
Shelter
Address
Goose rearing shelters and mounting block at Tan-y-rhiw, Cilfrew, Blaenhonddan
OS grid reference
SN 777 015
Coordinates
51.69913, -3.77102
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The goose rearing shelters at Tan-y-rhiw are constructed from rough stone and are set into a low stone and earth bank. They feature three square openings with upright stone slabs separating them, stone slab lintels above, and roughly vaulted stone chambers inside.

Local climate

Goose rearing shelters and mounting block at Tan-y-rhiw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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