Former Women's Institute Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 February 2023. Hall.

Former Women's Institute Hall

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 February 2023
Type
Hall
Address
Former Women's Institute Hall, Minffordd, Porthmadog, Penrhyndeudraeth, LL48 6HF
OS grid reference
SH 600 385
Coordinates
52.92602, -4.08349
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Former Women's Institute Hall is a converted farm building dating from the 18th century. It is a rectangular single-storey structure with a catslide roof added to the rear, which is offset to the right and does not extend the full width of the building. The walls are constructed of rubble stone laid in courses, and the slate roof is raised at the back to accommodate the catslide, featuring metal ridge vents.

At the front, there is a projecting timber porch in the center, topped with a lean-to slate roof. The porch includes a door to the right and a window facing forward. On either side of the porch, there are wide three-light windows with transoms. The walls also feature air-vents. The rear lean-to extension has a stable-type door with a glazed upper section on the right side and two windows on the rear face.

Inside, the main hall is a single open space with a raised platform at the eastern end, which includes a proscenium arch adorned with a red dragon and the painted inscription ‘DROS WLAD AC AELWYD’ (translated as "For Country and Home"). The lower trusses with collars are visible, and there are double panelled doors leading to the porch, with the upper panels being glazed and a plain overlight above. The rear extension contains a kitchen, a small hallway, and a WC, along with two doorways leading to this extension. A former fireplace or range in the kitchen has been blocked.

Local climate

Former Women's Institute Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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