Westminster Abbey Balustrade is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 August 2002. Balustrade.
Westminster Abbey Balustrade
- WRENN ID
- muted-bonework-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 23 August 2002
- Type
- Balustrade
- Address
- Westminster Abbey Balustrade, Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
- OS grid reference
- SH 589 372
- Coordinates
- 52.91443, -4.09919
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Westminster Abbey Balustrade is a stretch of Gothic-style stone balustrading that stands approximately 1.4 meters high. It features conjoined cusped quatrefoils positioned between broad base and rail sections. To the right of this balustrade, there is an additional section of wall made from rendered modern breeze block, which is topped with moulded triangular sandstone copings that originally belonged to the balustrade.
Local climate
Westminster Abbey Balustrade sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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