Dolafon is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2001. Terrace.

Dolafon

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
31 January 2001
Type
Terrace
Address
Dolafon, 6 Chapel Row, Llandderfel, Bala
OS grid reference
SH 982 369
Coordinates
52.92068, -3.51527
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Dolafon is a two-storey terrace building consisting of six one-window units located on Chapel Row in Llandderfel. It is constructed from local slatestone rubble, featuring slatestone lintels and rough-dressed quoins on number 1. The terrace has a continuous slate roof with a tiled ridge and shared brick chimneys, except for the left chimney, which has restored upper courses. Each unit has an entrance with a single window either to the right or left on both the ground and first floors. The entrances for numbers 1, 2, and 4 are on the left, while numbers 3, 5, and 6 have theirs on the right. Numbers 5 and 6 retain original flush four-panel doors, and there is a similar door to the far right that leads to a rear yard; the other doors are modern and part-glazed. Numbers 1, 3, 4, and 5 still have narrow rectangular overlights, which are an original feature. All units, except for number 2 and the ground-floor window of number 3, have original recessed, unhorned 12-pane sash windows; number 3's ground-floor window is now a modern wooden bow. Additionally, number 3 has a modern slated canopy porch. The interior was not inspected during the survey.

Local climate

Dolafon sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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