Terrace Walls and fountain to formal garden to NE of Vaynol Hall. is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Garden feature.
Terrace Walls and fountain to formal garden to NE of Vaynol Hall.
- WRENN ID
- rough-cellar-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1992
- Type
- Garden feature
- Address
- Terrace Walls and fountain to formal garden to NE of Vaynol Hall., Vaynol Park, Bangor, Pentir
- OS grid reference
- SH 537 695
- Coordinates
- 53.20253, -4.19128
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The terrace walls and fountain are part of the formal garden located to the northeast of Vaynol Hall. The garden is designed on sloping land directly east of the Hall and features a main path that runs along a central axis, intersecting with a secondary cross axis at an urn and ending at wrought iron gates. The main path includes two flights of steps, with the upper flight leading to a terrace that has a fish pond and a central cast iron fountain with three stages. Water flows from a circular stand supported by a putto, with swans positioned around the base. The garden is enclosed by stone balustrades, which create a wide apsidal lower end and define the upper terrace. Small urns are placed at intervals along the balustrades, with larger urns marking the termination points. The paths are edged with box hedges, and the lawns are shaped in bays for visual effect. At the top of the garden, there is a stone wall that features a bellcage gate.
Local climate
Terrace Walls and fountain to formal garden to NE of Vaynol 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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