20 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
20 High Street
- WRENN ID
- wild-oriel-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 20 High Street, Walled Town, Caernarfon, LL55 1RH
- OS grid reference
- SH 478 628
- Coordinates
- 53.14068, -4.27669
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
20 High Street is part of a block of late Georgian houses located at 1 Castle Street and 20-22 High Street. The building is constructed of brick and features a hipped graded-slate roof, with a shared brick stack between 20 and 22, and an added skylight to No 22. The High Street elevation is nearly symmetrical on the first and second floors, showcasing 12-pane hornless sash windows on the first floor and 9-pane windows above, with 2-pane windows at No 22. The ground floor arrangement varies; No 20 has a doorway on the right with a replaced door but retains an overlight, and an altered 19th-century shop window to the left. No 22 features a late 19th-century public house front framed by pilasters, which have fluted upper parts and foliage capitals framing the shop window, along with a repainted panelled fascia and dentilled cornice. There are panelled doors on both the right and left, each with overlights, with the left-hand doorway now serving as the entrance to 24-26 High Street.
The Castle Street elevation is also balanced on the upper floors, consisting of a three-window range with 12 and 9-pane hornless sash windows, and blind painted windows in the left bay. The ground floor has a large 19th-century shop window with small-pane glazing, replacing a former doorway on the right, and a further blocked door on the left. No 1 features a panelled door with an overlight to the left, and a 12-pane hornless sash window above a blocked cellar opening.
Local climate
20 High Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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