Wellhouse to Ffynnon Fair is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1963. Wellhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Wellhouse to Ffynnon Fair

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 June 1963
Type
Wellhouse
Address
Wellhouse to Ffynnon Fair, Llwynypia, Tonypandy, Llwyn-Y-Pia, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 000 945
Coordinates
51.64087, -3.44543
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Wellhouse to Ffynnon Fair is a small, single-cell rectangular building with a gabled roof, constructed from stone rubble and featuring a stepped stone roof. The west wall includes a single lancet window and a small culvert that allows spring water to flow through the wall into a square basin, which has a cross-shaped depression at its base. The south wall has a square-headed doorway with a painted inscription above that reads 'Little Church'. The east wall is topped with a high raised gable, which has rough saddleback coping and an apex stone that is surmounted by a concrete cross.

The building is enclosed by iron railings, which are now partly broken, and it sits on a stone terrace. Inside, the walls are whitewashed, and there is a vaulted roof. At the west end, there is a well cistern, and stone benches are arranged around the walls on three sides. A niche in the north wall may have once held a statue of St Mary.

Local climate

Wellhouse to Ffynnon Fair sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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