Y Fron is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 April 1997. House.
Y Fron
- WRENN ID
- winter-chapel-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 April 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- Y Fron, Aber Pwll, Y Felinheli, LL56 4JS
- OS grid reference
- SH 531 681
- Coordinates
- 53.1901, -4.19904
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Y Fron is a two-storey building with a whitewashed stucco exterior and a slate roof. It features a three-window range, each with 16-pane hornless sashes and slate sills. The central entrance has a half-glazed door with an overlight, set within an attractive porch that has a trellis design and a corniced flat top. There is a northwest rear wing, and the west end wall is slate-hung.
Local climate
Y Fron sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
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