Capel-y-graig Lodge and adjoining gatepiers is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Office.

Capel-y-graig Lodge and adjoining gatepiers

WRENN ID
forbidden-timber-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1992
Type
Office
OS grid reference
SH 545 695
Coordinates
53.20272, -4.1784
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Capel-y-graig Lodge is a single-storey building with an 'L'-shaped plan, constructed of rubble and topped with a slate roof. The gate piers are made of freestone. A notable feature of the lodge is the lean-to verandah on the south side, which wraps around the east corner in front of the main entrance, a design element typical of this building campaign, similar to Wern Gogas. The verandah is supported by columns made of turned limestone. The lodge has a boarded door and a canted bay window with transomed glazing on the eastern forward gable. On the south side, there are small pane sash windows, while the rear has modern windows. A central rendered chimney stack may have replaced an earlier one with octagonal shafts.

The gate piers are located immediately to the southeast of the lodge. They are square and tall, featuring a necking band and weathered copings.

Local climate

Capel-y-graig Lodge and adjoining gatepiers 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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