L-shaped courtyard range to rear of Vaynol Old Hall with enclosing yard wall at S end. is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Townhouse.
L-shaped courtyard range to rear of Vaynol Old Hall with enclosing yard wall at S end.
- WRENN ID
- narrow-courtyard-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1992
- Type
- Townhouse
- Address
- L-shaped courtyard range to rear of Vaynol Old Hall with enclosing yard wall at S end., Vaynol Park, Bangor, Pentir
- OS grid reference
- SH 538 695
- Coordinates
- 53.20278, -4.19021
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building is an L-shaped courtyard range located at the rear of Vaynol Old Hall, featuring an enclosing yard wall at the southern end. It is constructed of stone rubble and has slate roofs. The structure is one and a half storeys high and includes coach housing along with some domestic accommodation.
At the top of the courtyard, there is a 5-window range running east-west, which features 16-pane sash windows in gabled attic dormers. There are later inserted garages present as well. The north-south range consists of 4 + 2 window bays, with small-pane casement windows, a boarded garage, and carriage gates below the central entrance, which is flanked by windows. The right-hand end has two windows set back, with steps leading up to a boarded door next to a 12-pane sash window.
On the rear of the east-west range, there is a Tudor doorway with a freestone surround and rounded steps. The return range extends north at the west end and includes small-pane sash windows and freestone chimneys. Notably, the southern part of the slate roof has been renewed.
The cobbled courtyard is enclosed at its southern end by a rubble wall topped with slate copings, which curves inward to square gate piers with pyramidal caps and an iron overthrow.
Local climate
L-shaped courtyard range to rear of Vaynol Old Hall with enclosing yard wall at S end. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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