Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at Parc is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. House.

Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at Parc

WRENN ID
tattered-cinder-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1998
Type
House
Address
Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at Parc, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 627 440
Coordinates
52.97655, -4.04544
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The boulder-built boundary walls at Parc date from the 19th century and enclose a roughly triangular rock plateau located immediately above Parc Cottages to the northwest and northeast. These solidly constructed walls average 2 meters in height and taper slightly towards the top, enclosing an area of approximately 100 square meters. In the northern corner, there is a modern gated opening, and to the left of this opening, there are a pair of adjoining niched seats. These seats feature concave backs and may have originally had coved, arched heads. The upper section of the wall in this area shows signs of partial erosion.

Local climate

Boulder-built Boundary Walls above the Upper Drive at Parc sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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