Plas Gywair is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2005. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
Plas Gywair
- WRENN ID
- white-granite-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2005
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Plas Gywair, Llangower, Bala, Llangywer, Gwynedd, LL23 7BY
- OS grid reference
- SH 904 321
- Coordinates
- 52.87583, -3.62957
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Plas Gywair is a two-storey Georgian rectory, roughly square in shape, with a storeyed wing at the rear corner on the south side. It is constructed of rubble masonry, with the main section facing northwest overlooking the lake featuring roughly coursed stonework and large stones used as quoins and lintels. The building has a shallow pitched hipped slate roof with extended eaves and verges, and large stone chimneys complete with dripstones and capping.
The front elevation consists of a two-window arrangement with 16-pane hornless sash windows, while the first-floor windows are positioned under gabled half dormers. Similar windows can be found on the lateral walls. The entrance is located at the right end of the rear wall, sheltered by a modern single-pitched porch that has lancet windows on each side. The rear elevation displays a variety of window styles, including a small paned sash above the porch, a round-headed leaded light stair window, and several modern timber casements.
The interior was not accessible during the survey, but the current owner reports that it has undergone significant alterations in recent years.
Local climate
Plas Gywair 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- 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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