Bryn-yr-efail is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1998. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Bryn-yr-efail
- WRENN ID
- solitary-rafter-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1998
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bryn-yr-efail, Mynytho, Pwllheli, Llanengan, LL53 7SD
- OS grid reference
- SH 302 308
- Coordinates
- 52.84802, -4.52232
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bryn-yr-efail is a cottage, likely dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of colourwashed rubble stone with a roof of large, uneven slate tiles and stone end wall stacks. The south-facing front has two large, four-pane sash windows with horns, and a central ledged door. A small sash window illuminates the loft space on the right end wall. A lower outbuilding is situated on the west end of the cottage, featuring a single window facing forward.
Local climate
Bryn-yr-efail sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,660 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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