The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1998. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 April 1998
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Llanengan, Pwllheli
OS grid reference
SH 294 272
Coordinates
52.81606, -4.53279
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory built with stucco and slate roofs, featuring two brick ridge chimneys. It has overhanging eaves with gable timber finials and consists of two storeys with an attic, arranged in a 4-window range. The building has projecting gables in the second and fourth bays. The left three bays represent the original house, with the first gabled bay being the original center. This section retains an original attic lunette and has paired plate glass sashes on both the first and ground floors. The section to the left has lost its first floor and features a large ground floor sash. The section to the right serves as the entry, with large half-glazed doors and side-lights, and a 4-pane sash on the first floor. The added gable on the right has a pair of first floor plate-glass sashes with blank arches above, and two 4-pane sashes below.

Across the entire front is a veranda added in 1860, which has a slate roof supported by timber octagonal posts and fretted eaves boards. The veranda is divided into four sections, each with three bays, where the middle opening of each bay is wider. The second and fourth sections project with shallow open gables over the center bays. The veranda floor is made of slate. The right end wall of the house features a pair of plate glass sashes above a pair of 4-pane sashes. The rear of the building has a lower hipped section to the left and two gables of differing heights behind the center.

Attached to the north end is a single-storey outbuilding from the early 19th century, which has a slate roof and a curved northeast corner leading to the stable yard. The north end has a coach entry with double doors and a northwest attached gatepier. The front of the outbuilding is stuccoed, while the rear court is constructed of rubble stone.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. 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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