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
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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