Pen-y-graean is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 November 1999. Residential.

Pen-y-graean

WRENN ID
iron-pier-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 November 1999
Type
Residential
Address
Pen-y-graean, Llanymawddwy, Machynlleth, Mawddwy, Gwynedd, SY20 9AQ
OS grid reference
SH 902 189
Coordinates
52.75699, -3.62815
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pen-y-graean is a pair of cottages built from snecked squared rubble stone, featuring some large blocks, and topped with slate roofs. Each cottage is two storeys high and consists of two bays. They have a central four-panelled door with a plain overlight, which is sheltered by a lean-to canopy supported by shaped brackets. On either side of the porch, there are larger two-light six-pane casement windows, with similar but slightly smaller windows on the upper floor located in raised and gabled dormers. The cottages have deep eaves and gable end stacks, which include clayware ventilation pots. The two stacks at the center are combined into a single square stack. The shaped purlin ends extend out to support the wide verge. The northern gable end stack has been rebuilt.

Local climate

Pen-y-graean sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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