Porth Mynach is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1995. House.

Porth Mynach

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1995
Type
House
Address
Porth Mynach, Hendremynach, Barmouth, LL42 1YG
OS grid reference
SH 608 167
Coordinates
52.73042, -4.06282
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Porth Mynach is a building featuring snecked rubble facings with whitened limestone dressings and slate roofs with tiled ridges. It consists of three sections: a square, two-and-a-half storey stepped-gabled tower; an adjoining single-storey plus attic range; and a single-storey range at right angles to the rear. These sections originally served as the coachman's accommodation, the coach-house, and stables, respectively.

The tower block has 2-light mullioned windows on the ground and first floors, with an additional smaller 2-light window in the gable on the northeast-facing side. There is a continuous hoodmould on the southeast side at the first floor, and a stepped buttress at the southeast corner. The tower is topped with an ogee leaded cupola and an iron weathervane. A plain rectangular stack is located on the northeast side.

The lower range features two modern windows on the ground floor, with a gabled dormer above that breaks the eaves and has plain bargeboards. It also has a 4-pane casement window. The northwest end includes a part-stepped gable parapet. At the rear, there are two large depressed-arched openings, now fitted with modern multi-pane glazing, alongside a 3-light mullioned window to the left. A modern French window with a decorative iron balcony is present on the first floor. The former stables have been significantly altered, featuring half-rendered walls and modern windows.

Local climate

Porth Mynach 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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