Angel Gates (Hercules Gate) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 January 1971. Gate.

Angel Gates (Hercules Gate)

WRENN ID
over-footing-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 January 1971
Type
Gate
Address
Angel Gates (Hercules Gate), Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 589 371
Coordinates
52.91314, -4.09944
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Angel Gates, also known as Hercules Gate, features a striking set of wrought iron double gates positioned between two full-height rusticated sandstone piers. Each pier is topped with a cornice and an urn. The gates include a complex decorative iron overthrow that displays the date 1908. These gates serve as a significant focal point and lead towards the Town Hall, which is directly aligned with them to the southwest.

Local climate

Angel Gates (Hercules Gate) 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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