Crane at S End of Boston Lodge Railway Works is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 August 1994. Crane. 1 related planning application.

Crane at S End of Boston Lodge Railway Works

WRENN ID
half-tower-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 August 1994
Type
Crane
Address
Crane at S End of Boston Lodge Railway Works, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 584 378
Coordinates
52.91936, -4.107
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This late 19th century cast-iron crane is located at the southern end of the Boston Lodge Railway Works. It is set in a base made of large slate blocks and features a central cast-iron pivot. The frame supports large gear wheels and a shoe for a timber gib, which is currently missing. The crane was manufactured by H & J Ellis, Engineers, in Manchester, and it would have been used for loading goods to and from wagons on the siding.

Local climate

Crane at S End of Boston Lodge Railway Works 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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