Buan, Gwynedd

Buan
St Buan's Church in Boduan
Buan Location withinGwynedd
Population	484(2011)
OS grid reference	SH3237
Community	Buan
Principal area	Gwynedd
Preserved county	Gwynedd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PWLLHELI
Postcode district	LL53
Dialling code	01758
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Buanis acommunityin theWelshcounty ofGwynedd,located on theLlŷn Peninsula.It includes the villages ofBoduanandRhydyclafdy,and has a population of 469,increasing to 484 at the 2011 Census. Other settlements includeCeidio,LlandudwenandLlanfihangel Bachellaeth.

History

In 1870–72 theImperial Gazetteer of England and Walesby John Marius Wilson described Buan as:

BODVEAN, or Bodfaen, a parish in Pwllheli district, Carnarvon; 2½ miles SE of Nevin, and 4 WNW of Pwllheli r. station. It has a post office under Pwllheli. Acres, 2,572. Real property, £1,434. Pop., 382. Houses, 84. The property is divided between two. Bodvean Hall is the seat of Lord Newborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bangor. Value, £198. Patron, the Bishop of Bangor. The church is modern, and has monuments of the Wynnes. There are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and a slightly endowed school.

Geography and demographics

Buan is located in the south-western central part ofGwyneddon theLlŷn Peninsula,inNorth West Wales,and includes the villages ofBoduanandRhydyclafdy.The landscape is dominated by farms and woodland.According to the 2011 census, the community of Buan had a population of 484 people (250 males and 234 females). In addition, there are 195 households in the community with a population density of 0.1 per hectare.Buan is situated near the Corn Bodvean hill, and its nearest town isNefynwhich is located approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) south of the community.Christianity was the majority religion in the area with two people stating they followed other religions.Of Buan's 484 residents, 84.1% described their health as either "good" or "very good", and of those aged between 16 and over, 18.8% had no academic qualifications or oneGCSE,lower than the figures for all of Gwynedd (23.2%) and Wales (25.9%).

The community includes theMarilynand hill fort ofGarn Boduan.

Governance

In local government Buan is governed byGwynedd Council,and is in the Efailnewydd/Buan ward, which is part of the Dwyforelectoral district.At the national level Buan is in the Welsh parliamentary constituency ofDwyfor Meirionnydd,for whichLiz Saville-Roberts(Plaid Cymru) has beenMPsince 2015.In thegeneral election of 2015Saville-Roberts won 11,790 votes (40.9%), giving her a majority of 5,261; theConservative Partywon 6,550 (22.7%) and theLabour Partywon 3,904 votes (13.5%), while theUnited Kingdom Independence Partytook 3,126 votes (10.8%). The Independent candidate Louise Hughes, theLiberal Democratsand theGreen Partyeach won fewer than 2,000 votes, Hughes performed slightly better of all three.In theSeneddBuan is in the constituency ofDwyfor Meirionnyddfor whichDafydd Elis-Thomashas been theMember of the Seneddsince its creation in 2007.

Education

Ysgol Rhydyclafdy School was the only primary school in the community and closed in 2008 due to a falling number in pupils and as part of a programme that saw two additional schools being closed on the Llŷn Peninsula. Gwynedd Council allowed the building to be reopened as a nursery with community facilities two years later.

Notable landmarks

Listed buildings and landmarks in Buan, Gwynedd

The following are the listed buildings in Buan.The listings are graded:

• AA Telephone Box (II)
• Bryniau (II)
• Bryntirion (II)
• Capel Rhydyclafdy (II)
• Cefniwrch (II)
• Church of St Buan (II)
• Church of St Ceidio (II)
• Church of St Michael (II)
• Church of St Tudwen (II*)
• Direction Sign at Inkerman Bridge (II) - Delisted in October 2022
• E Farmyard Range including water-wheel at Nant Farm (II)
• Efail Gledrydd (II)
• Efail Gledrydd Forge (II)
• Gallt-y-beren (II)
• Glanrafon (II)
• Gwnhinger (II)
• Lodge to N of Plas Boduan (II)
• Lychgate and churchyard wall to Church of St Tudwen (II)
• Madryn CastleGatehouse (II)
• Meillionen Farmhouse (II)
• Milestone by Tuhwnt i'r Gors (II)
• Nant Farm (II)
• Neuadd Bogdadle (II)
• No 1 Tan-y-fron (II)
• No 3 Tan-y-fron (II)
• Out-buildings at Home Farm, Plas Boduan (II)
• Penhyddgan (II*)
• Plas Boduan (II)
• Pont Rhydyclafdy (II)
• Roadsign SE of Bogdadle (II)
• S Farmyard Range at Nant Farm (II)
• The Cock-loft (II)
• Ty Capel Rhydyclafdy (II)
• Ty Isaf (NW Cottage) (II)
• Ty Isaf (SE Cottage) (II)
• Tyn-y-coed Isaf (II)

Buan contains 34Grade II listed buildings,in addition to two Grade II* listed buildings.The former church of the same name, St Buan, was built in 1765, and is reminiscent of the Romanesque style in design. The church was later deconsecrated and sold in 2004.