Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Gate pier.
Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels
- WRENN ID
- empty-loft-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1988
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels, Bangor
- OS grid reference
- SH 578 724
- Coordinates
- 53.22992, -4.13126
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gate piers to the grounds of Normal College Hostels are octagonal and made of freestone. They feature capitals and ball finials, resembling those found on College Road. The entrance includes boarded double gates. There is a modern shelter attached behind the gate piers, along with rubble walls on either side.
Local climate
Gate Piers to grounds of Normal College Hostels 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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