Cymerau Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 1999. Cottage.

Cymerau Cottages

WRENN ID
knotted-entrance-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 December 1999
Type
Cottage
Address
Cymerau Cottages, Aberllefenni, Machynlleth, Corris, SY20 9SA
OS grid reference
SH 775 106
Coordinates
52.67982, -3.81313
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Nos 1-4 Cymerau Cottages in Aberllefenni are built from local rubble and slate stonework, topped with a continuous slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high, each featuring one bay, a lateral 4-panelled door, and one 12-pane sash window on each floor. There are transverse stone stacks on the party walls, complete with drip courses. No 1 has been significantly altered, now featuring 20th-century uPVC windows and a door in the original openings.

Local climate

Cymerau Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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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