Former Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1996. Library, health-centre. 1 related planning application.
Former Engine House
- WRENN ID
- muted-finial-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1996
- Type
- Library, health-centre
- Address
- Former Engine House, Maenofferen Slate Quarry, Ffestiniog, LL41 3EX
- OS grid reference
- SH 714 466
- Coordinates
- 53.00171, -3.91746
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former engine house is a small, simple rectangular building made of slate, dating from the early 20th century. It has a slate roof with a tiled ridge. The north gable end features large boarded double doors, while the west side has two fixed windows with 16 panes each. The interior is plain. This building is included for its group value with the neighboring listed items, as it is an exceptionally complete example of a slate quarry level.
Local climate
Former Engine House 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 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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