Barn at Dyffryn Isaf is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1999. Barn.

Barn at Dyffryn Isaf

WRENN ID
pale-merlon-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Caerphilly MP: Chris Evans (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 February 1999
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Dyffryn Isaf, Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
OS grid reference
ST 152 901
Coordinates
51.60363, -3.22475
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Dyffryn Isaf is a three-bay threshing barn with an added granary to the west, built from narrow rubble stone with larger quoins. The roof has a northern pitch covered in stone tiles and a southern pitch with concrete pantiles. The barn features a symmetrical design with a central passage leading to the threshing floor.

On the northern front, there are planked double doors set within a wooden frame, topped by a flat timber lintel and flanked by ventilation strips. A butt joint connects the barn to the granary. The granary's front includes a doorway leading to the loft, which is accessed by external stone steps and features a planked door with a small light in a wooden frame.

The southern side of the barn has double doors that match those on the front, but lacks ventilation strips. The rear of the granary features a doorway with a segmental head and voussoirs, positioned to the left, along with a boarded window for the loft that has a timber lintel and reveals partially in brick.

Adjoining the western end is a small lean-to, likely for a cart, which is open at the front with a timber fascia and masonry at the rear. There is another lean-to at the eastern end, also open at the front and topped with a corrugated roof. The apex of the eastern gable of the barn includes a ventilation strip.

Inside, the central bay has a flagstone floor and a roof supported by tie-beam trusses with collars. There is an opening to the granary with a square head.

Local climate

Barn at Dyffryn Isaf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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