Ynysgain Fawr is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 December 1994. House.

Ynysgain Fawr

WRENN ID
fallow-vault-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 December 1994
Type
House
Address
Ynysgain Fawr, Criccieth
OS grid reference
SH 481 375
Coordinates
52.91418, -4.25942
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ynysgain Fawr is a Grade II listed building that features a main range facing northwest, with a later wing added to the southeast. The main elevation is constructed of well coursed and squared stone, while the gable wall is made of rougher stone. The building has a slate roof and consists of two storeys with a three-window range, forming an unequally divided two-unit plan that includes an off-centre doorway. The ground floor has 12-pane sash windows with horns, while the upper floor features hornless 9-pane sashes. The doorway is a plank door with a narrow overlight, and all openings have rough stone lintels.

At the rear, there is a long wing built of rougher stonework, also two storeys high, featuring a two-window range with 16-pane sashes on the northeast face and 4-pane sashes on the southwest. Adjoining the original range to the northeast is a single-storey outbuilding made of roughly coursed and squared rubble, with well coursed stone in the gable end. This outbuilding has a graded slate roof with projecting kneelers at the gable. The southeast elevation facing the yard has a central doorway with a rough stone lintel, an inserted window to the left, and ventilation slits to the right and in the gable end.

Inside, the house has a small entrance and stair hall, along with a two-room plan. The rear wing contains a large single room, which has now been subdivided.

Local climate

Ynysgain Fawr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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