The Unicorn is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 January 1971. Cottage/villa.
The Unicorn
- WRENN ID
- salt-tower-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1971
- Type
- Cottage/villa
- Address
- The Unicorn, Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
- OS grid reference
- SH 589 372
- Coordinates
- 52.91408, -4.09894
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Unicorn is an elegant classical building with stuccoed elevations, dating back to an unspecified period. It primarily consists of a single-storey, flat-roofed cottage elevated above an arcaded basement, creating the appearance of a more substantial two-storey villa thanks to its impressive symmetrical facade. This facade features seven bays, with the central three bays projecting forward and adorned with a moulded pediment and full-height pilasters that define the bay divisions. The principal floor has elegant 15-pane sash windows, with the central bay featuring a balcony and a decorative mermaid balustrade. The four outer wings have sash windows with applied circular plaques above them. The building also has rusticated quoins at the corners and projecting keys and imposts above the arcade arches. Inside the pediment, there is a relief crest of a unicorn.
Local climate
The Unicorn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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