Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1971. Church.
Church of St Beuno
- WRENN ID
- high-gable-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1971
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Beuno, Carnguwch, Pwllheli, Pistyll
- OS grid reference
- SH 374 418
- Coordinates
- 52.94909, -4.4214
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Church of St Beuno is a Grade II listed building constructed from rubble stonework with galletted joints. It features an irregularly sized slate roof with superimposed gable copings and kneelers. This single vessel structure has a tall gabled west tower. On the north side, there is a temporary boarded door and later 19th-century two-light timber windows with diamond pattern glazing. The east window, believed to be reset, consists of three lights with 15th-century Perpendicular panel style tracery set within ogee moulded jambs, all beneath a hoodmould. The tower has similar coped gables and slit openings at the bell stage. A wide low wall arch on the south side, now infilled, likely once covered a wall tomb.
Inside, the roof has four bays supported by later 19th-century shouldered king-post trusses with open rafters and a fully torched soffit. The walls are plastered and feature a stencilled dado. The floor is made of quarry tiles, with boarding beneath the pews. Notable fittings include a raised panelled pulpit, probably from the early 19th century, with an integrated reader's desk below, accessed by a side stair. There is a 19th-century altar with three bays and an altar rail, along with plain pews. The font, located at the west end, is octagonal and made of limestone. Additionally, there is an unfixed box pulpit with arcaded sides.
Local climate
Church of St Beuno 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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