The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 April 2002. Small building.
The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala
- WRENN ID
- woven-cornice-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 April 2002
- Type
- Small building
- Address
- The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala, Michaelston-Le-Pit, Cardiff, Michaelston-Le-Pit and Leckwith
- OS grid reference
- ST 145 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45048, -3.23147
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala is a small building designed in the Gothick style, located at the edge of a pond. It is constructed from lime-plastered stone, which was originally limewashed in ochre colors but is now white. The building features a slate roof, part of which is artificial, and has wide boarded scalloped-edged eaves that create a canopy. At the base, there is a stone plinth that forms a step. Although all openings are now blocked, they originally included a centrally located arched doorway on the right, an arched window to the right, a second arched doorway to the left in a stepped back bay, and another arched window at the far left. The gable end facing downstream has a yellow brick boarded opening beneath a higher blocked opening. Extending downstream from the main structure are low brick and stone sheds and pens.
Local climate
The Old Dairy at Cwrt-yr-Ala sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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