Fronwian is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 May 1995. Farmhouse.
Fronwian
- WRENN ID
- winding-iron-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1995
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fronwian, Brithdir, Brithdir and Llanfachreth, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 767 194
- Coordinates
- 52.75845, -3.82774
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fronwian is a vernacular farmhouse dating from the 18th century, featuring one-and-a-half storeys. It was built next to an earlier house, which is now a byre, indicating it replaced that structure. The farmhouse is constructed of whitened rubble and has an old slate roof with end chimneys that have plain capping and weathercoursing. The entrance is off-centre to the right and includes a recessed boarded door. Above the door is an inscribed plaque with the initials ID, EP, IP, WR, ER, and a date. There are flanking 4-pane windows from the late 19th or early 20th century. The upper floor has three rubble gabled dormers with similar glazing. To the left, there is a later extension with a corrugated iron roof. At the rear, there are two small casement windows on the right, consistent with the front, and a further modern window. The right gable is pebbledashed.
Although not inspected, it has been reported that the farmhouse retains its original layout, featuring stop-chamfered ceiling beams and joists, a large fireplace with a bressumer supported by rough stone corbels, and a well-crafted post and panel partition on the first floor.
Local climate
Fronwian sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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