Williams Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 April 1951. Tenement block.
Williams Buildings
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pillar-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1951
- Type
- Tenement block
- Address
- Williams Buildings, Barmouth
- OS grid reference
- SH 615 156
- Coordinates
- 52.72079, -4.05196
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Williams Buildings is a tenement block that features three stories and a five-window range at the front, with two stories at the rear. It is constructed with good vernacular masonry typical of the local style and has a renewed slate roof with gable end stacks. The front elevation appears to be divided into two unequal units, consisting of two and three window ranges, and includes two doorways at the ground floor, both of which now have modern details. The windows are all modern with top opening lights, but the tall openings suggest that the original windows may have been sash types. The detailing at the rear has also been renewed, but the distinctive arrangement of doorways accessed by slate bridges from the higher ground of the terrace has been preserved.
Local climate
Williams Buildings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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