Penrhyn Isaf is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 August 2002. House.

Penrhyn Isaf

WRENN ID
gaunt-courtyard-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 August 2002
Type
House
Address
Penrhyn Isaf, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 586 373
Coordinates
52.91495, -4.10385
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Penrhyn Isaf is a sub-medieval, storeyed house built from local rubble with a slate roof. It features 19th-century yellow sandstone window surrounds, and although it originally had three-light mullioned windows, the mullions are now missing. To the right, there is a large, projecting gabled end chimney with corbelling at the top, along with small 19th-century stacks with moulded capping on both gable ends. The main front has three bays and includes a central, single-storey gabled porch. This porch has a window with modern 2-pane glazing at the front and a glazed modern door on the right side. Similar windows are present on both floors. The rear elevation includes a single-storey 19th-century wash/brewhouse addition on the left, creating an L-plan with the main block, and a large modern extruded addition on the right. Modern windows are found throughout, including an arched window at the center of the main block.

Inside, there are stopped-chamfered ceiling beams in the former hall and parlour, with the hall ceiling framed in three ways. The joists are covered with modern plasterboard but are still retained, and the main and subsidiary beams feature long broach stops. The hall has a wide inglenook fireplace with an arched bressummer, although the arching is a later addition. It is said that the original roof trusses still survive.

Local climate

Penrhyn Isaf 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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