No. 2 The Twyn is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. House.
No. 2 The Twyn
- WRENN ID
- kindled-panel-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- No. 2 The Twyn, St Fagans, St. Fagans
- OS grid reference
- ST 119 770
- Coordinates
- 51.48565, -3.27017
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
No. 2 The Twyn is a 2-storey cottage built with local rubblestone walls, featuring brick heads and dressings. Originally, it had a thatched roof with eyebrows, but it now has a plain tile roof and red brick stacks. This cottage is one of two that step uphill, with No. 2 positioned above No. 1. The layout includes a central entry and a double depth plan, along with single storey rear extensions.
The front wall of No. 2 has two 2-light casement windows on both the first and ground floors, with taller windows on the ground floor. There is a central doorway that features a glazed porch and a ledged door. To the left of the house, there is a single storey bakehouse with a brick chimney.
The interior has not been inspected during the resurvey.
Local climate
No. 2 The Twyn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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