Bryn Eglwys is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 1999. House.
Bryn Eglwys
- WRENN ID
- hidden-storey-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1999
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bryn Eglwys, Caeathro, Caernarfon, Waunfawr
- OS grid reference
- SH 495 613
- Coordinates
- 53.12788, -4.24935
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bryn Eglwys is a two-storey building with a roughly square plan, featuring a set-back service range attached at right angles to the southeast. The exterior is made of rendered rubblestone and has slate roofs with rendered and painted brick stacks. The entrance is located on the northeast side, and the front has three bays with a central valley and twin gables. All windows are recessed 12-paned sashes with painted slate cills, except for the window above the entrance, which has 9 panes. The central gabled porch includes a segmental outer arch flanked by carved heads, with small rectangular windows on the sides, a slate floor, and an inner four-panel door, the top panels of which are now glazed.
The right side of the building features two full-height canted bays with hipped roofs and sash windows, with 12 panes in the centre and 8 panes in the splays. The rear of the building mirrors the front but lacks an entrance, and the central first-floor window also has 12 panes. The service range, positioned at right angles to the left return, has 12-paned sashes on each floor of the two-storey section and also on the front of the single-storey section.
Inside, the mid-19th century interior remains largely unaltered. The porch leads to a central passageway, with rooms on either side that have moulded cornices and original fireplaces. The left room features a Penrhyn slate fireplace with columns, while the right room has a marble fireplace, both equipped with cast-iron grates. A straight-flight staircase located in the passageway behind the left ground-floor room has stick balusters and a turned newel. Throughout the building, there are four-panel doors and panelled window shutters.
Local climate
Bryn Eglwys sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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