Barn at Capel-llwyd is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2003. Agricultural.

Barn at Capel-llwyd

WRENN ID
dark-steeple-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 January 2003
Type
Agricultural
Address
Barn at Capel-llwyd, Mountain Road, Cwmbran, Upper Cwmbran
OS grid reference
ST 278 980
Coordinates
51.67634, -3.04529
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Capel-llwyd is a structure built from squared rubble stone and topped with an asbestos sheet roof. The barn entry, located on the right, is relatively low and features a cambered-headed opening with stone voussoirs and 20th-century sliding doors. There are small vent loops on each side of this entrance. To the left, there is another cambered-headed door also with stone voussoirs, accompanied by a third vent loop. Adjacent to this is a stable that has a taller-headed door with stone voussoirs and a small window. The left end of the barn has a raised string course beneath the gable and an added single-storey brick building. The right end wall is windowless and has a triangular apex vent. The rear wall contains a blocked barn door with stone voussoirs to the left, vent loops on each side, and a small window on the right.

Inside, the stable features three loft beams, while the left side of the barn is lofted on four beams. The center threshing floor is stone-flagged. The barn has a five-bay roof supported by four tie-beam trusses, which have been extensively repaired and feature added collars.

Local climate

Barn at Capel-llwyd receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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