Gatehouse at Llanfythin Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 January 1963. Gatehouse.

Gatehouse at Llanfythin Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gilded-cupola-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 January 1963
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Gatehouse at Llanfythin Farmhouse, Llancarfan
OS grid reference
ST 051 712
Coordinates
51.43237, -3.36637
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gatehouse at Llanfythin Farmhouse, dated 1636, is a two-storey structure with lime-washed rubble walls and a pitched slate roof. On the east side, a flight of stone steps leads up to a large opening featuring a recessed doorway framed by a heavy, complex ovolo-moulded doorframe with fleur-de-lis stops. Above the doorway, the lintel is carved with "T.T.1636 BB," likely referring to Thomas Bassett. Inside, the first floor is accessed via an external stone stair on the southwest corner, leading to a boarded door. The interior consists of a single chamber that is un-ceiled, showcasing exposed oak joists and wide oak boards above. There are later ovolo-moulded three-light mullion windows on both the front and rear faces, with exposed timber lintels. A large open fireplace is located on the north face, featuring a projecting oak bressumer supported by stone corbels. The original roof structure is visible, consisting of principals without corners and two trenched purlins.

Local climate

Gatehouse at Llanfythin Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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