Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings. is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 June 1989. Historic farm building.

Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings.

WRENN ID
open-alcove-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 June 1989
Type
Historic farm building
Address
Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings., Cynffig, Cornelly
OS grid reference
SS 796 798
Coordinates
51.50497, -3.73561
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings, is a long range structure aligned east-west, constructed from local rubble limestone with slate roofs that rise in two stages towards the east. The western gable contains remnants of medieval architecture, likely part of a chimney breast from a now-lost building to the west. This range serves as a seven-bay farrowing house extending east from the gable, believed to date from the 17th century, with the middle section converted into a cow-house in the 18th century. It features one wide cart opening at the eastern end, two doorways, and two windows, all with cambered heads, boarded doors, and small-pane glazing. The northern side has slit ventilators with diagonally set projecting capping stones.

At the eastern end, the barn has slightly projecting central porches on either side, with cambered brick arches covered by an extension of the roof and tall boarded doors on the northern side. There are three staggered slit ventilators on each side of the central bay, some of which are blocked. The upper section of the southern door is obstructed by a later arch and cut-down boarded doors, with similar slit ventilators present.

Adjacent to the barn is a feed store featuring a single door opening on each side. The farrowing house range at the eastern end boasts six fine open trusses with chamfered principals that rise from within the walls, with later applied collars supporting three tiers of trenched purlins. Former tie beams are visible in the entrance bay, and the gables have splayed windows.

The adjoining building includes a splayed opening with a round arch, possibly a medieval window. The barn itself has four bolted A-frame trusses resting on wall plates and a flagged threshing floor, with evidence of a former inserted floor at the western end. A gable window with splayed jambs connects to the adjoining building, and there are doorways with curved timber lintels at each end of the threshing floor.

Local climate

Ty-yr-ychen, also known as Sker House farm buildings. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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