Forecourt Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 August 1988. Wall.
Forecourt Walls
- WRENN ID
- tattered-trefoil-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1988
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, 16 Holyhead Road, Bangor
- OS grid reference
- SH 575 722
- Coordinates
- 53.2283, -4.13476
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The forecourt walls are made of coursed stone and feature a coping. They have an advanced central entrance that is flanked by deep volute scrolls. The entrance has a segmental arch with a lion's head keystone. On either side of the entrance, there are ironwork gates and railings with an anthemion pattern, which are finished on the right with a ball finial. The wall is splayed at the corners, also topped with ball finials, and includes raised lettering that reads "Plas Menai." The wall steps up twice to connect with the front of the house.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls 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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