Old School is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1971. School.
Old School
- WRENN ID
- graven-hearth-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1971
- Type
- School
- Address
- Old School, Botwnnog, Pwllheli
- OS grid reference
- SH 262 314
- Coordinates
- 52.85276, -4.58159
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old School is a school building that has been heightened and reroofed. It features three original window openings on the south side, along with two sash windows with glazing bars on the north and one on the south. There is a rectangular chimney with a dripstone and capping. The associated dwelling is two stories tall with two windows and gabled half dormers on the first floor. The roof is covered with old small slates that are grouted.
Local climate
Old School sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,640 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 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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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