Detached Kitchen / Washhouse at Cae-ysgubor is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 January 1999. Kitchen, washhouse.

Detached Kitchen / Washhouse at Cae-ysgubor

WRENN ID
lunar-gable-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 January 1999
Type
Kitchen, washhouse
Address
Detached Kitchen / Washhouse at Cae-ysgubor, Plas Gwyrfai, Caernarfon, Betws Garmon
OS grid reference
SH 529 580
Coordinates
53.09949, -4.19706
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a detached kitchen and washhouse located at Cae-ysgubor, built with irregularly coursed rubblestone and featuring a slate roof. The structure is a single storey. The entrance is situated on the right side of the south elevation, with a Victorian sash window to the left. There is an integral end stack to the left, which has a purple brick shaft. Inside, the building retains remnants of a cast-iron stove within the large chimney breast.

Local climate

Detached Kitchen / Washhouse at Cae-ysgubor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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