Esgair Weddan is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 May 2000. A C17-C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Esgair Weddan
- WRENN ID
- third-bonework-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 May 2000
- Type
- House
- Address
- Esgair Weddan, Pennal, Machynlleth, Gwynedd, SY20 9JZ
- OS grid reference
- SH 690 005
- Coordinates
- 52.58727, -3.93467
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Esgair Weddan is a two-storey house with a cellar and attic, built from coarse-grained hard local stone and topped with a slate roof. The main block features three window bays that are approximately symmetrical, with a central four-fielded panelled door and a three-paned overlight above it. To the right of the door is a 16-paned sash window set back in the reveal, topped with a deep timber lintel, while the window to the left has been replaced in its original opening. On the first floor, there are three similar 16-pane sash windows, all with timber lintels. The attic has three casement windows positioned just below the eaves and above the first-floor lintels, with a gable stack and attic windows on either side of it.
To the right, the house has been extended with a wide bay that forms an in-line service range, featuring a separate door and windows on both floors, along with a gable end stack. At the rear, the house is set into the hillside, and the roof extends over a continuous service outshut behind the original structure.
Inside, the house consists of three bays, with the fourth bay in the extension containing the kitchen. A central wide hallway leads to a fine late 17th to early 18th century oak dog-leg stair that ascends to the first floor, featuring a simple oak handrail and board splat balusters. The living room, located to the right of the hall, has a large stone fireplace, with the fire lintel likely renewed. The dining room at the west end, beyond the hall, contains a 19th-century fireplace.
On the first floor, the landing is defined by full-height oak post and panel partitions, and the stair continues to the attic without losing any detail. The attics remain largely in their original condition, divided by four collar beam trusses that support two tiers of splay-scarfed purlins, with torched lathing present. The outshut at the rear is set at a lower level and includes two rooms aligned with the original access door to the dining room and the main access to the kitchen. A well is located in one corner.
Local climate
Esgair Weddan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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