Dyffryn Mymbyr is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 October 1966. House. 1 related planning application.

Dyffryn Mymbyr

WRENN ID
sharp-stone-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 October 1966
Type
House
Address
Dyffryn Mymbyr, Capel Curig, Conwy
OS grid reference
SH 695 572
Coordinates
53.09667, -3.9503
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Dyffryn Mymbyr is a storeyed house constructed of rubble, resting on a part-boulder plinth. It is distinguished by its exceptionally long quoin-stones. The original render has been lost, and the masonry is heavily pointed in cement. The roof is renewed with small slates, featuring rubble gable parapets and a squat 19th-century chimney on the right side, along with plain capping and weather-coursing. The front of the house has two windows and an off-centre entrance on the left. This entrance features an original cyclopean lintel with a Tudor-arched opening. The windows consist of 12-pane sliding sashes in later openings on both floors, with the first-floor windows being smaller and all modern replacements. There is a later catslide extension at the rear, which has been modernised, and further modern sliding sashes. A three-part sliding sash window is located on the ground floor of the left gable.

Inside, there is a very wide fireplace on the right side, which was part of the former hall, featuring a massive flat bressummer. The ceiling is crisply framed with deeply-chamfered cross-beams and stopped-chamfered joists, although a few joists on the left side have been replaced. Evidence of mortising indicates a former post-and-panel screen to the left of the entrance, which survives in part and has been relocated to the first floor. There is no visible evidence of an opposing entry that would have formed a cross-passage, likely destroyed when the rear extension was added. A modern staircase leads to the first floor, which has modern partitioning, although the trusses are visible. The roof structure is three-bay with original pegged collars and queen struts. There is a post-and-panel partition in the right bay, which has been relocated from the ground floor, with an ogee-headed doorway in the centre.

Local climate

Dyffryn Mymbyr sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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