The Unicorn P.H. is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 June 1990. Terrace house.
The Unicorn P.H.
- WRENN ID
- ragged-railing-linden
- 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
- Terrace house
- Address
- The Unicorn P.H., Dolgellau, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 728 177
- Coordinates
- 52.74224, -3.88458
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Unicorn Public House is a house dating from the early 19th century. It features an end chimney on the left and a lateral stack at the right rear. The front eaves were raised in the early 19th century, and the doorway has been moved to the extreme right of the front elevation. The building is three storeys high with three windows and is constructed of rubble masonry. It has a gently pitched quarry slate roof at the front, while the rear has a steeper original pitch but is covered with modern slates. The eaves are plain with close verges, and there is a tall square stack on the left with water tabling.
The front elevation has three Victorian sash windows on each floor, all with stone lintels. The central window on the ground floor was formerly a doorway, while the current doorway is located at the extreme right, featuring a dripboard over a plain doorcase and a modern door. The rear elevation has a lateral stack on the left, a slated gablet, and another tall square stack with water tabling. There is a hipped dormer on the right with rubble cheeks and a Victorian sash window. The ground floor has various modern additions.
Inside, there are transverse ceiling beams, with those flanking the original entrance passage to the centre being stop-chamfered.
Local climate
The Unicorn P.H. 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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