Revetment Walls and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Wall, railings.

Revetment Walls and Railings

WRENN ID
dark-steeple-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 August 1988
Type
Wall, railings
Address
Revetment Walls and Railings, Cutting, Penybryn, Bangor
OS grid reference
SH 590 724
Coordinates
53.23058, -4.11328
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The revetment walls and railings are located along a tarmacadamed road with a pavement on the south side. The area is enclosed by tall, battered rubble walls, with the wall on the south side starting at the eastern end, reaching full height and featuring an end pilaster. This wall is topped with late Georgian iron railings that have urn finials, which border the drive leading to The Old Farmhouse and Penybryn House, and continue across the bridge. Beyond the bridge, the wall ramps down steeply and features vertically laid coping, which is partly broken and overgrown. There are steps leading up just before Tan-y-Coed, where the revetment wall consists of coursed rubble topped by iron railings, ending at a gated entrance.

On the north side, the wall begins lower at both ends, particularly on the eastern side. It ramps upwards toward the bridge and has vertically laid coping stones, which are partly rebuilt. At the far western end, a low plinth supports iron railings with spearhead finials that curve around to a terminating pier.

Local climate

Revetment Walls and Railings 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 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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  1. The Old Farmhouse Grade II 14 m
  2. Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel Grade II 15 m
  3. Penybryn House Grade II 36 m
  4. Tan-y Bryn Lodge Grade II 91 m
  5. Penrhyn Bridge, including parapet walls on the approach road to Penrhyn Castle Port Grade II 92 m
  6. Tan-y-Coed Grade II 116 m
  7. Penybryn Bridge, including railings & lamp standards Grade II 149 m
  8. Pont Penrhyn (partly in Bangor community) Grade II 191 m
  9. Hen Swyddfa'r Porthladd (Old Port Office) Grade II 215 m
  10. Parapet/Boundary Walls on Port Lodge approach to Penrhyn Castle Grade II 237 m