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

Villa Winch

WRENN ID
hallowed-alcove-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 August 2002
Type
Villa
Address
Villa Winch, Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 589 372
Coordinates
52.91387, -4.09854
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Villa Winch is a two-storey villa-scale building dating from the 19th century, featuring rendered elevations and a hipped, pantiled roof. The front elevation, which faces southeast, is symmetrical and includes an advanced two-bay central section flanked by broad single bays. Stucco pilasters define these sections, and the central part has a moulded parapet with urn finials on the right and left. The building has 12-pane sash windows on both floors, with trompe l'oeil oculi positioned below the parapet. The outer bays on the first floor have tripartite windows, where the 12-pane sashes are accompanied by narrow 8-pane outer lights. In contrast, the ground-floor openings feature part-glazed doors instead of windows in the center, all topped with segmental plaster arches.

A parapetted stair curves to the left, providing access to a first-floor entrance on the southwest elevation. This entrance features a part-glazed door with flanking lights arranged in a tripartite formation, and it is recessed within a balconied loggia. Below this, there is a ground-floor recessed balcony with a similar door arrangement, set within a wide depressed arch. At the southeast corner, a short section of link wall with an arch connects Villa Winch to Chantry. In front of the main elevation, there is a balustraded terrace.

Local climate

Villa Winch 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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