Tyn Llan (Harp Hotel) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 April 1952. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.

Tyn Llan (Harp Hotel)

WRENN ID
waiting-wicket-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
Hotel
Address
Tyn Llan (Harp Hotel), Llandwrog, Caernarfon, LL54 5SY
OS grid reference
SH 450 560
Coordinates
53.07918, -4.31411
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This two-storey building, known as Tyn Llan (Harp Hotel), is an example of a roughly U-shaped building constructed in a simple classical style. It dates to the 18th century. A set-back range is attached at a right angle to the right side, and it is partially hidden from the road by a lower stable range that forms a small service courtyard. The exterior is constructed of irregularly coursed rubble stone with large quoins, slate-stone lintels, and reddish-brown brick window dressings to the centre and left bays. The roof is slate with eaves soffits and hips that follow the angles of the projecting ranges.

The building has a 3:3:3 bay facade, with a central recessed section featuring a full-length verandah. The outer bays project with canted ends. All windows are unhorned sashes with slate sills, 12-paned on the ground floor and 9-paned on the first floor. Some upper windows in the projecting ranges and centre range are dummies with painted glazing bars; a dummy window is also on the ground floor of the left projecting range. A slate panel in the ground-floor centre of the right projecting range bears an inscription in Welsh and English, praising the inn's hospitality but cautioning against drunkenness. The central entrance has a ribbed and boarded door, flanked by sash windows, all sheltered by a slate-roofed verandah supported on cast-iron columns. A prominent stuccoed and panelled ridge stack is located on the left projecting range, with another behind; rebuilt red brick ridge stacks are present on the centre and right projecting ranges. The right return of the right projecting range has a small 12-paned horizontal sliding sash window on the first floor and a 12-paned sash window on the ground floor. The stable range has deep projecting verges to the gable ends and a central gable with a brick roundel facing the road. The left return of the left projecting range has three bays with sash windows, alongside a single-storey addition to the rear.

The interior retains plaster finishes on the walls and ceilings, along with 6-panel doors and partly rebuilt open fireplaces, some featuring 19th-century cast-iron grates.

Local climate

Tyn Llan (Harp Hotel) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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