Gwynfa Bach is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 1999. Cottages.
Gwynfa Bach
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-fireplace-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1999
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Gwynfa Bach, 2 Hillsborough Terrace, Corris Uchaf, Machynlleth, Corris
- OS grid reference
- SH 740 088
- Coordinates
- 52.66303, -3.86355
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gwynfa Bach is a row of 10 workers' cottages located at Nos 1-10 Hillsborough Terrace in Corris Uchaf. These cottages were built with rubble stonework, which has been whitewashed on the front, and feature slate roofs. They are arranged in a straight line, with each cottage consisting of a single 2-storey bay. Each has a lateral framed and boarded door, along with 16-pane sash windows on both the ground and first floors. There are transverse stone stacks on the party walls, and various alterations have been made at the rear.
One of the cottages has a diagonally boarded panelled door and large inserted 12-paned windows with heavy glazing bars on the ground floor. This cottage has been amalgamated with No 3, which also features a similar large window on the ground floor.
Local climate
Gwynfa Bach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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