Tenovus is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 December 2001. Shop premises.
Tenovus
- WRENN ID
- waning-spindle-thunder
- 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 premises
- Address
- Tenovus, 37 High Street, Bala, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 926 360
- Coordinates
- 52.91107, -3.59789
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Tenovus, located at 37 and 39 High Street, is a large three-storey building from the late Georgian period, originally likely to have been town houses. It is now used as shop premises. The building is constructed of 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 not in keeping with the building's character, including a recessed entrance for number 37 on the right. The upper floors are symmetrical and largely unaltered, showcasing five bays. The first floor has sixteen-pane sash windows, while the second floor features narrower six-pane sashes situated under the eaves, with projecting stone sills throughout. The interior has been modernized for shop use.
This building is part of a group that includes both 37 and 39 High Street.
Local climate
Tenovus 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- No related consent applications matched
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