Fron Dolau is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1994. Villa.
Fron Dolau
- WRENN ID
- hidden-dormer-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1994
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Fron Dolau, New Quay
- OS grid reference
- SN 386 600
- Coordinates
- 52.21463, -4.36293
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fron Dolau is a substantial villa built in coursed rubble stone, featuring slate eaves roofs and stone paired end stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with an asymmetrical three-window front facing east. It has flat eaves and low gables with bargeboards, a raised plinth, and a raised band under the eaves. The main floors have 12-pane sash windows with stone voussoirs and slate sills.
The east front includes a projecting gabled section on the right with a small 4-pane window in the attic, while the rest of the facade has 12-pane sashes. The centre features an enclosed stone porch with stone angle pilasters, moulded capitals, an entablature, and a cornice. The porch has a small-paned window with an arch head and a 4-panel door on the south side.
The south front mirrors the east front, with a gable on the right that is two-window wide, while the left section has one window. There is a similar small window in the gable. The rear west side has a double-gable with end stacks, small attic windows, and a central stair light above a hipped porch that has a 12-pane front window and a door to the side.
Attached at right angles is a two-storey service range with a three-window layout, featuring a valley roof and paired west gables, along with four-pane sash windows.
Local climate
Fron Dolau sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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