Bee Boles at Blackhall Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1999. Beekeeping structure.

Bee Boles at Blackhall Farm

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 March 1999
Type
Beekeeping structure
Address
Bee Boles at Blackhall Farm, Castle-Upon-Alun, St. Bride's Major
OS grid reference
SS 906 747
Coordinates
51.46141, -3.57528
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bee boles at Blackhall Farm are a Grade II listed structure consisting of three tiers, each featuring four bee boles designed to accommodate a single skep. They are constructed of stone and rest on a random rubble base, with stone slab sills. The bee boles are located adjacent to Blackhall farmhouse on the right.

Local climate

Bee Boles at Blackhall Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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