Garth-goch is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 May 1999. Farmhouse.

Garth-goch

WRENN ID
north-forge-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 May 1999
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Garth-goch, Garth-Lwyd, Bala, Llandderfel
OS grid reference
SH 999 378
Coordinates
52.92828, -3.48972
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Garth-goch is a small farmhouse dating from 1805. It is two storeys high and has a two-window range. The building is constructed of local stone, which is white-washed, and features a slate roof with stone end chimneys. On the front, there are two square casement windows located at the eaves. The doorway, which is offset to the left, is topped with a gabled hood and has a small-pane casement window on each side. Above the entrance, there is a wooden lintel carved with the initials T + M I and the date 1805. To the right, there is an extension that has a corrugated roof covering, a square window at the eaves, and a narrowed doorway with a window to the left. The rear elevation maintains its original simplicity, featuring a small 4-pane 19th-century window to the left and a small light next to the projecting chimney breast on the right.

Inside, the farmhouse has a simple two-unit plan with a partly-flagged floor. The interior includes stopped-chamfered oak main beams on the left and plain joists. The main room on the left has an inglenook fireplace and a primary winding pine stair opposite the entrance, with plain stick balusters. The room on the right was originally divided into a service space and a parlour but is now one room, featuring boarded doors with pegged oak frames.

Local climate

Garth-goch sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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