Lion on E side of the N entrance to Britannia Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 April 1998. Monument.

Lion on E side of the N entrance to Britannia Bridge

WRENN ID
upper-pinnacle-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Anglesey
Constituency
Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 April 1998
Type
Monument
Address
Lion on E side of the N entrance to Britannia Bridge, Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll
OS grid reference
SH 539 712
Coordinates
53.21792, -4.18821
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The sculpture of a lion, located on the east side of the northern entrance to Britannia Bridge, is a large representation of a lion couchant, measuring 25 feet 6 inches (7.77 meters) long and 12 feet 8 inches (3.86 meters) high. It is carved in a bold Egyptian style and constructed from 11 pieces of Penmon limestone. The lion faces south and rests on an ashlar limestone plinth, which is placed on top of a plinth made of rock-faced sandstone.

Local climate

Lion on E side of the N entrance to Britannia Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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