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
- pale-groin-yew
- 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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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