Candle Tower and walls adjoining remains of Penrhos House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1993. Tower, wall.
Candle Tower and walls adjoining remains of Penrhos House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-arch-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1993
- Type
- Tower, wall
- OS grid reference
- SH 270 813
- Coordinates
- 53.30085, -4.59658
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Candle Tower and the adjoining walls are located on the east side of the former Penrhos House. This circular corner tower is part of the wall that screens the service courtyard. It is constructed from rubble masonry, featuring crenellated walls and a battered base below a stringcourse. The tower has dressed stone window surrounds, including one lancet window. Access to the tower is from the terrace of the former house, and it has one internal floor. The walls attached to the tower run at right angles and include a cusped Gothic arch towards the farm to the north, which has a similarly detailed bracketed slate sill.
Local climate
Candle Tower and walls adjoining remains of Penrhos House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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