Stone needle 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 August 2002. Monument. 1 related planning application.

Stone needle 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn

WRENN ID
silver-pavement-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 August 2002
Type
Monument
Address
Stone needle 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn, Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth, LL48 6HT
OS grid reference
SH 588 377
Coordinates
52.91871, -4.10013
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a narrow stone needle, resembling an obelisk, located 500 meters southwest of Plas Penrhyn. It stands approximately 3 meters tall and is carved from a single piece of slatestone.

Local climate

Stone needle 500m SW of Plas Penrhyn 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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