Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 March 1996. Walls.

Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse

WRENN ID
high-niche-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 March 1996
Type
Walls
Address
Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse, Yr Enlli / Bardsey Island, Aberdaron
OS grid reference
SH 111 206
Coordinates
52.7501, -4.79969
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The compound walls at Bardsey Lighthouse are made of rough rubble, which has been rendered and was originally whitewashed. The walls feature raking copings.

Local climate

Compound Walls at Bardsey Lighthouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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