Garden Wall of West Aberthaw Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 September 2004. Garden wall. 2 related planning applications.

Garden Wall of West Aberthaw Farmhouse

WRENN ID
far-rubble-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 September 2004
Type
Garden wall
Address
Garden Wall of West Aberthaw Farmhouse, Barry, St. Athan, CF62 4JA
OS grid reference
ST 023 668
Coordinates
51.39223, -3.40457
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The garden wall, built of local lias limestone rubble, surrounds the rear garden of West Aberthaw farmhouse. The wall is almost entirely covered in ivy and stands approximately 1.5 metres high. It angles with the adjacent lane, forming an important feature within the setting of the farmhouse and its other buildings.

Local climate

Garden Wall of West Aberthaw 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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  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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