Classical bust on stele in niche of garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall. is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 September 1997. Sculpture.

Classical bust on stele in niche of garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall.

WRENN ID
tilted-keep-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 September 1997
Type
Sculpture
Address
Classical bust on stele in niche of garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall., Vaynol Park, Bangor, Pentir
OS grid reference
SH 538 695
Coordinates
53.20295, -4.18949
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The classical bust on a stele is located in a niche of the garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall. The stele is made of limestone and is painted. It features a classical bust of a young woman with wavy hair tied with a ribbon, dressed in a draped himation. The bust is set on a plinth and mounted on an inverted-tapered stele, which has a recessed front designed as a moulded panel, with decorative husks at both the top and bottom. The stele includes a moulded die and a two-stage square base. There is a small concrete repair on the chin of the bust. The niche, which has a properly chamfered lower part, has been later altered in a rustic style to create a two-centred arched recess.

Local climate

Classical bust on stele in niche of garden wall at Vaynol Old Hall. 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 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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