Ropeway Winding House (north-east) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 2000. Industrial structure.

Ropeway Winding House (north-east)

WRENN ID
tilted-moat-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 July 2000
Type
Industrial structure
Address
Ropeway Winding House (north-east), Pen-Yr-Orsedd, Caernarfon, Llanllyfni
OS grid reference
SH 508 537
Coordinates
53.06011, -4.22747
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ropeway Winding House is a single-storey building with a rectangular plan, oriented from north-east to south-west. It is constructed from roughly coursed slate slabs and features a gable-ended slate roof. The front wall has a central window, although the joinery is missing, along with a doorway and additional window openings on the left gable end. There is an integral red brick stack on the right gable end.

Inside, the building retains a concrete base that once supported the electric motor used to wind the blondin ropeway. The internal wall features three murals, each set within a painted disc. One mural depicts a horse's head, while the other two show a bird on a branch and a dog's head with a potted plant.

Local climate

Ropeway Winding House (north-east) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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