Gates and Gatepiers opposite Gattws is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Gatepiers.

Gates and Gatepiers opposite Gattws

WRENN ID
tangled-footing-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1998
Type
Gatepiers
Address
Gates and Gatepiers opposite Gattws, Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen
OS grid reference
SH 616 425
Coordinates
52.96221, -4.0608
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure consists of tall, square gatepiers made of rubble, topped with oversailing slate courses that serve as the capping. Each gatepier features reconstituted stone ball finials. The gates themselves are simple wrought-iron designs with an inverted segmental top and arrow-head finials.

Local climate

Gates and Gatepiers opposite Gattws sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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