Ffynnon Gwenfai is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 1971. Belvedere.
Ffynnon Gwenfai
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-lantern-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1971
- Type
- Belvedere
- Address
- Ffynnon Gwenfai, Rhoscolyn
- OS grid reference
- SH 259 754
- Coordinates
- 53.24735, -4.61005
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Ffynnon Gwenfai is a rectangular drystone structure consisting of three chambers, mostly situated below the level of the surrounding moorland and oriented east to west. The square eastern chamber is accessed by three descending steps at the eastern end and features stone seats in each corner. To the west is the rectangular well chamber, separated from the eastern chamber by a drystone wall with a narrow opening in the center. This well chamber includes stone seats on either side, set in small apsidal recesses, and contains a rectangular trough for the well, with a single step leading down into the water. Both chambers have stone flag floors.
The outer chamber at the western end is separated from the well chamber by a thick drystone wall and is accessed by six descending stone steps on either side. The well itself is divided from the inner well by a thick stone slab, which has circular grooves cut into its upper and lower edges to facilitate water flow between the inner and outer wells. At the western end, a stone slab with a hole allows water to be contained in the outer well, with outflow directed along a paved channel to the west, leading to the cliff edge.
Local climate
Ffynnon Gwenfai 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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