Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2000. Cowshed.

Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall Farm

WRENN ID
blind-moat-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 October 2000
Type
Cowshed
Address
Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall Farm, Chepstow, Caerwent
OS grid reference
ST 501 909
Coordinates
51.61558, -2.72132
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall Farm, is built from local squared grey limestone rubble and features a pantiled roof. It has an open front with seven bays supported by cylindrical stone columns, while the gable and rear walls are blank.

Inside, the cowshed has a spacious layout with a seven-bay roof structure. This includes principal rafters with ties, single tiers of staggered purlins, and a narrow ridge piece. The rafters and battens are all intact, and the timbers are machine sawn.

Local climate

Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall Farm receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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