Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse) is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 August 1992. Dock, boathouse.

Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse)

WRENN ID
nether-brass-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 August 1992
Type
Dock, boathouse
Address
Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse), Bangor, Pentir
OS grid reference
SH 525 694
Coordinates
53.20165, -4.20898
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The dock at the northwest edge of Vaynol Park, which includes the boathouse, is approximately quadrant shaped. It features a curved rubble breakwater on the north side and a straight quay on the south side, which includes stone steps. Both moles have rounded ends, and the breakwater curves back to end beneath the east side of the boathouse. The boathouse has a deeply hipped slate roof that is laid diagonally and a verandah on the south side supported by cylindrical columns, reminiscent of Wern-y-Gogas. The full height openings on the west side have been extensively modernised. The dock itself has undergone alterations, including the insertion of concrete ridges at the base, which may conceal outfall pipes. At the mouth of the dock, there are remains of what was possibly a stop-gate.

Local climate

Dock at NW edge of Vaynol Park, (including the boathouse) 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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