Offis Fawr (now Woodcraft Centre) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 November 1999. Centre.
Offis Fawr (now Woodcraft Centre)
- WRENN ID
- idle-loft-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1999
- Type
- Centre
- Address
- Offis Fawr (now Woodcraft Centre), Gilfach Ddu, Caernarfon, Llanddeiniolen
- OS grid reference
- SH 586 603
- Coordinates
- 53.12131, -4.1143
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Offis Fawr, now known as the Woodcraft Centre, is a high single-storey building with a double-depth plan consisting of two parallel ranges that are roughly aligned east-west. It features a continuous slate-roofed verandah along the north and east sides. The exterior is constructed of snecked rock-faced rubblestone, with tooled granite quoins and other decorative stonework. The gable-ended slate roofs have slate coping and fretted bargeboards, which include carved pendants and finials.
The east elevation, which serves as the entrance, has a central four-panel door flanked by 12-paned sash windows set in quoined surrounds, one for each range. These are located under a lean-to verandah supported by cast-iron columns that have decorated spandrels. On the north side, the verandah continues over three 16-paned sash windows, designed similarly to those on the east side. There are two regularly spaced stacks behind the ridge, featuring stone bases with octagonal brick shafts and stone capping. The verandah also includes large rooflights similar to those on the east side. In front of the verandah, there is a slate-stone retaining wall topped with fleur-de-lys pointed iron railings.
The south elevation has four 16-paned sash windows, with one on the left and three grouped together on the right. The ridge stack to the left is detailed similarly to those on the north side but has paired shafts.
The interior was not accessible at the time of the survey but is reported to have been much remodelled, with panelled window shutters noted as a retained feature.
Local climate
Offis Fawr (now Woodcraft Centre) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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