Dolwen Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 July 1998. Lodge.

Dolwen Lodge

WRENN ID
over-cloister-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 July 1998
Type
Lodge
Address
Dolwen Lodge, Abergele, Betws Yn Rhos
OS grid reference
SH 888 744
Coordinates
53.25522, -3.66735
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Dolwen Lodge is a single-storey rectangular lodge with later extensions at the rear. It is built of whitened rubble and features a hipped slate roof with oversailing and dentilated eaves, along with squat red brick chimneys. The front is symmetrical with three bays, including a recessed central entrance section that is sheltered by a three-bay Doric portico supported by stone columns. The entrance consists of a part-glazed door flanked by 12-pane windows, while the outer bays each contain a two-part 24-pane casement window with a cambered head.

The later wing facing the road has a boarded door on the roadside, accompanied by a small window to the left and a 16-pane, two-part casement window to the right. The gable end features a plain chimney and a 20th-century four-pane window in an original opening, complete with a projecting sill. Additionally, there is a modern flat-roofed extension made of whitened brick that adjoins the rear of the lodge. The interior was not inspected during the survey.

Local climate

Dolwen Lodge sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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