Free Holder is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 May 1968. House.
Free Holder
- WRENN ID
- carved-basalt-solstice
- 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
- Free Holder, Llanfaglan, Bontnewydd
- OS grid reference
- SH 467 601
- Coordinates
- 53.11661, -4.29153
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Free Holder is a house that includes a former cow-house, which has been extensively remodeled as part of the house's modernization. The original part of the house, located to the left, is built from rubble with the earlier render removed from the front elevation, and it features modern render on the gable wall. The house has a uniform slate roof that replaces the earlier small heavy grouted slates. The gable end stacks have been rebuilt and cement rendered. The former cow-house to the right is also constructed of exposed rubble and has a modern slate roof with slightly lower eaves.
The house has a doorway that is offset to the left, flanked by modern windows. There are three modern dormer windows in the roof, which are larger replacements of the earlier windows. New openings have been inserted in the rear wall. The cow-house also features modern windows and has two smaller dormers added to the roof slope.
Inside, the property has been modernized but retains the original roof structure, including collar trusses and purlins. However, the partition and staircase that were noted in the earlier listing description have been removed.
Local climate
Free Holder 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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