Neuadd Idris (former Market Hall) is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 June 1990. Market hall.

Neuadd Idris (former Market Hall)

WRENN ID
turning-rubble-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 June 1990
Type
Market hall
Address
Neuadd Idris (former Market Hall), Dolgellau, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 727 177
Coordinates
52.74243, -3.88591
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Neuadd Idris, formerly known as the Market Hall, is a two-storey building featuring four windows. It is constructed from snecked rubble masonry and has a moderately pitched slate roof that is hipped towards Eldon Square. The building has deep boarded eaves supported by consoles, along with an eaves band. A vent gablet is set into the roof at the front.

The first floor is adorned with 16-pane fixed light windows, while the ground floor showcases a four-arch arcade with rock-faced freestone rusticated architraves and cambered arches. The voussoirs form the freestone arch rings, and there are impost and plinth bands. The arch on the extreme right is broader and has later inner doors that provide access to the stairs. A similar six-window and six-arch elevation is present on Finsbury Square, with the tympanum of the arch on the extreme left being blocked. Iron railings connect the arches of the arcade, and there is a gabled elevation at the rear, featuring a small stone stack and bargeboards. The windows have modern glazing, but the plain rock-faced freestone architraves remain.

The interior of the market hall has been converted into individual shop units.

Local climate

Neuadd Idris (former Market Hall) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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