Fronfa is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 February 1996. Memorial. 4 related planning applications.
Fronfa
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1996
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Fronfa, Rowen, Caerhun, Conwy, LL32 8YT
- OS grid reference
- SH 758 719
- Coordinates
- 53.23045, -3.86168
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fronfa and Bodafon are an early 19th century terrace of two houses. They are built of rubble with a continuous slate roof, featuring central and end chimneys, a plain cornice, and later 19th century ceramic roof pots. Each house has an entrance on the left side, and original 16-pane recessed sash windows to the right and on the first floor, evenly spaced, with projecting slate sills. Bodafon, on the right, has a late 19th century, partially open wooden porch, closed to the west, with a modern, partly glazed door. Fronfa, on the left, has a modern glazed porch with a slated lean-to roof, along with modern outer and inner doors, the latter being glazed. The east gable end of Fronfa is downhill, and includes a basement. This gable has a central entrance with double doors and flanking windows with modern 9-pane glazing. A blocked opening is above the ground floor, flanked by modern windows, one of which has 9 panes. Two 19th century 16-pane sash windows are situated on the first floor, as are similar windows in the gable apex. A low, two-story contemporary coach house block adjoins the rear of Fronfa. The coach house has a coach/cart entrance on the east side with boarded doors and a 16-pane sash window above. External stepped access leads to an upper entrance at the south gable end.
Local climate
Fronfa sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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