Gibraltar Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1995. House.
Gibraltar Cottage
- WRENN ID
- kindled-jade-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1995
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gibraltar Cottage, Old Barmouth, Barmouth
- OS grid reference
- SH 615 156
- Coordinates
- 52.72063, -4.05134
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gibraltar Cottage is a building constructed of rubble with slate roofs and rubble gable parapets. It features large end stacks on either side of the main front range, with an additional stack at the north gable end at the rear, all having plain capping and weather coursing. The main front range consists of three storeys and has an irregular arrangement of doors and windows on the ground floor, all of which are recessed and fitted with modern plain glazing. The left doorway has been converted into a full-height plain-glazed window, while the right side features a 15-pane glazed door. There are three additional modern windows on both the first and second floors, with those on the second floor located within rubble gabled dormers.
To the east, there is a single-storey rubble lean-to that adjoins a stepped path, and the northeast corner of the main range is rounded. The rear of the building has two similar dormers flanking the first arm of the L-shaped rear projection; both were originally entrances, with the right one now a modern window. The left dormer retains its original stepped and parapeted access leading to a modern nine-panelled, part-glazed door, which serves as the entrance to Upper Cottage. A passageway beneath this access leads to a small courtyard that is open to the west.
The L-shaped rear range forms Gibraltar Cottage and consists of a single storey plus a basement. It has three gabled dormers on the east face, with the right dormer serving as an entrance featuring a recessed, modern part-glazed door. The remaining dormers have modern four-pane casements, and at ground level, there are two plain windows beneath. Within the courtyard, there are additional dormers on the west face of the L range and at the rear of the main range, which also has stepped access as previously described. Two modern rooflights are present, and steep worn stone steps lead down to the courtyard beside the west gable end of the rear range.
Local climate
Gibraltar Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
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