Lion on W side of S entrance to Britannia Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 September 1997. Sculpture.

Lion on W side of S entrance to Britannia Bridge

WRENN ID
buried-hinge-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 September 1997
Type
Sculpture
Address
Lion on W side of S entrance to Britannia Bridge, Treborth, Bangor, Pentir
OS grid reference
SH 543 707
Coordinates
53.21407, -4.18309
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure is a lion statue located on the west side of the south entrance to the Britannia Bridge. It features a rock-faced sandstone plinth that is five courses high, topped with a single course of scabbled pedestal. The statue itself is a large limestone lion, crouching and gazing southeast. It is constructed from 11 large pieces of limestone and is carved in a bold Egyptian style. Each lion statue cost £1,024 to create.

Local climate

Lion on W side of S entrance to Britannia Bridge 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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