Ffinfa is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 April 1997. Mile marker.

Ffinfa

WRENN ID
pitched-gallery-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 April 1997
Type
Mile marker
Address
Ffinfa, Y Felinheli
OS grid reference
SH 527 677
Coordinates
53.1868, -4.20531
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ffinfa is a two-storey L-plan estate cottage built from pink squared rubble stone, topped with slate roofs and featuring brick end stacks. The design includes picturesque details that are similar to, but subtly different from, the nearby Cae Gwyn. The front of the building has a large gable on the right, which showcases arch-bracing and a king-post in the bargeboards. On the first floor, there are two long plate-glass sash windows with stone voussoirs. The ground floor features a large hipped-roofed canted bay, flanked by pilasters and narrow sidelights, with a broad four-pane front light. Fretted brackets support the cornice above.

To the left on the ground floor, there is a pair of casement windows next to a panelled door with an overlight, and a close-spaced window and door. Above this, the eaves are broken by a timber overhanging oriel supported by two shaped brackets, which contains a triple casement window and has a hipped roof. The west side wall is hung with slate and features a chimney gable on the left and a short rear wing on the right. The east side has a large two-storey projecting addition with a canted hipped slate roof. This bay is canted and includes pilasters between the sash windows, with cornices above each floor and an upper cornice under the eaves.

Local climate

Ffinfa sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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