Spar is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 December 2001. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
Spar
- WRENN ID
- rough-cinder-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 December 2001
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Spar, 39 High Street, Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7AF
- OS grid reference
- SH 926 360
- Coordinates
- 52.91108, -3.59811
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Nos 37 and 39 High Street is a large three-storey building from the late Georgian period, originally likely to have been town houses, now serving as shop premises. It is constructed from local rubble and features a slate roof with end chimneys and a central stack on the right, all adorned with plain cornicing and weathercoursing. The ground floor has modern shop fronts that are out of character with the building, including a recessed entrance for no. 37 on the right. The upper floors are symmetrical and have remained unaltered, showcasing five bays with sixteen-pane sash windows on the first floor and narrow six-pane sash windows on the second floor, positioned under the eaves, all with projecting stone sills. The interiors have been modernized for shop use. This building is part of a group that includes nos 37 and 39 High Street.
Local climate
Spar 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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