Yr Hen Ysgol is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1998. School.

Yr Hen Ysgol

WRENN ID
moated-vestry-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 October 1998
Type
School
Address
Yr Hen Ysgol, Pentrefoelas
OS grid reference
SH 872 516
Coordinates
53.05, -3.6838
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Yr Hen Ysgol is a building constructed of rubble stonework and topped with a slate roof. It has an 'L'-shaped plan that is symmetrical at the front, featuring a central open-fronted porch that is topped with a simple small bellcote. The porch has a stone lintel, and the inner door is studded with decorative hinges. The building includes tall timber cross windows, with frames that have staff mouldings, and gable stacks.

At the rear, there is a wing designed in a similar style, which has a lean-to structure at the gable end, along with a lean-to service building positioned in the angle on the west side. The eastern window has been modified, extended down to create a door with an external ramp.

Inside the front block, the space is divided by a timber screen, and there is an arched opening leading into the rear wing.

Local climate

Yr Hen Ysgol sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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