Talcen-y-foel is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 June 1998. Boundary marker.
Talcen-y-foel
- WRENN ID
- third-latch-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1998
- Type
- Boundary marker
- Address
- Talcen-y-foel, Uwchmynydd, Pwllheli, Aberdaron
- OS grid reference
- SH 152 266
- Coordinates
- 52.80607, -4.74236
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Talcen-y-foel is a cottage that features a roughcast exterior, a grouted slate roof, and stone end stacks with dripstones and pyramid cappings, with a larger stack on the left side. The building is single-storey, part-lofted, and has a double-fronted design with the facade offset to the right. There are 4-pane sash windows on each side of a ledged door. To the left, there is a small outbuilding made of rubble stone, topped with a corrugated iron roof and a door located at the extreme right. Additionally, there is a loft light on the right end gable and an added lean-to below.
Local climate
Talcen-y-foel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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 99% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- No related consent applications matched
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