Free-standing Outbuilding at Village Farm incorporating remains of Marcross Castle and sited on SW is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Outbuilding.
Free-standing Outbuilding at Village Farm incorporating remains of Marcross Castle and sited on SW
- WRENN ID
- waiting-rafter-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 September 1982
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- Free-standing Outbuilding at Village Farm incorporating remains of Marcross Castle and sited on SW, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen, St. Donats
- OS grid reference
- SS 923 692
- Coordinates
- 51.41171, -3.54954
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This free-standing outbuilding at Village Farm incorporates remains of Marcross Castle and is part of the now vanished Castle Farm. It consists of two adjoining sections.
The older, northeast portion dates from the late 13th century or early 14th century and was rebuilt as a 17th-century outbuilding. It was re-roofed in the 19th century and features medieval walling on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides, which includes remnants of Marcross Castle. The battered northwest wall has a blocked, chamfered doorway with a four-centred head. The northeast gable has two ventilators with splayed internal reveals, but externally features cross-loops, one of which is blocked, along with a blocked loft door above them. The southeast elevation includes a ventilator slit, a vehicular entry, a blocked ground floor doorway, and a loft opening. Inside, there is a four-bay roof supported by 19th-century trusses, and an internal stone dividing wall separates the northeast and southwest parts of the outbuilding.
The southwest portion likely represents a 19th-century rebuilding, possibly constructed above medieval footings. Its southeast elevation features yellow brick segmental heads above the openings, with partly blocked window openings on each side of the door opening. The southwest gable end has steps leading to a loft opening with a brick head, while the northwest elevation contains blocked openings with wooden lintels.
Local climate
Free-standing Outbuilding at Village Farm incorporating remains of Marcross Castle and sited on SW sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% 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 88% 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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