Mounting Block NE of Church of St Brothen is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. Mounting block.
Mounting Block NE of Church of St Brothen
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1966
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block NE of Church of St Brothen, Llanfrothen
- OS grid reference
- SH 622 412
- Coordinates
- 52.9507, -4.05212
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The mounting block, located northeast of the Church of St Brothen, features four steps made of slatestone. At the top, there is a central square post for tethering. The south face of the post has the inscription: 'ED WW Church Wardens 1768'.
Local climate
Mounting Block NE of Church of St Brothen 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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