Y Refael is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 July 1995. House.
Y Refael
- WRENN ID
- wild-brick-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1995
- Type
- House
- Address
- Y Refael, Bontddu, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 671 188
- Coordinates
- 52.75113, -3.96941
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Y Refael is a building constructed of rubble, partly set on a rough boulder plinth, and topped with a continuous slate roof. The smithy section, located on the right, features old slates. To the left, there is a large projecting end stack that serves the former hall. The central entrance to the house section has a 20th-century boarded door, with flanking 12-pane casements and smaller 8-pane casements located under the eaves. There is also a squat end chimney to the right of the house section. The smithy section includes large double garage doors and a 20th-century window. The rear of the building is partly built into the rock. It has two modern flat-roofed dormers and a modern window in the former smithy area, as well as an upper loading bay on the right gable end. Although not inspected during the survey in April 1995, it is noted that the hall is said to retain its beamed ceiling.
Local climate
Y Refael sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
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