Former Mortuary is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 February 1989. Mortuary.
Former Mortuary
- WRENN ID
- empty-rotunda-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1989
- Type
- Mortuary
- Address
- Former Mortuary, Gilfach Ddu, Caernarfon, Llanddeiniolen
- OS grid reference
- SH 583 607
- Coordinates
- 53.12492, -4.11898
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former mortuary is a small single-storey building with a rear gable end that is built into the hillside. It features snecked slate slab construction and a slate roof. The front gable end has a finial and pendant on the bargeboards, with a modern slate datestone reading "1906" positioned above the central boarded door. There is a small rectangular window on each side of the building.
Inside, the mortuary contains two slate slab coffin tables supported by red brick piers.
Local climate
Former Mortuary 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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