Penychain Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1999. Farmhouse.
Penychain Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-basalt-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1999
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Penychain Farmhouse, Morfa Abererch, Pwllheli, Llannor
- OS grid reference
- SH 427 362
- Coordinates
- 52.90075, -4.3396
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Penychain Farmhouse is a building constructed from rubble stonework and topped with a slate roof. The main garden front, which faces north, features three bays and has a gable end that faces the road. There is a rear wing adjacent to the road, which extends to a shorter cross range on the south side. In the center of the north front, there is a margin-glazed door with a five-pane rectangular overlight, set beneath a flat canopied concrete porch supported by iron Corinthian columns. The house has four-pane sash windows on both floors and gable end stacks. The rear wing consists of three bays, with timber windows and a gable end stack, while the south range is hipped in and runs west, also featuring a gable end stack. The garden is enclosed by a high stone wall, which forms a rectangle that includes the main yard and farm buildings. The side entry to the rear yard on the south side of the rear wing retains the original metal slat gate.
Local climate
Penychain Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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