Gladiator statue (south) at Bryn Bras Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 August 1999. Statue.

Gladiator statue (south) at Bryn Bras Castle

WRENN ID
sunken-flue-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 August 1999
Type
Statue
Address
Gladiator statue (south) at Bryn Bras Castle, Bwlch, Llanrug
OS grid reference
SH 543 625
Coordinates
53.14036, -4.17862
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The statue is a stone figure of a gladiator, inspired by Antonio Canova's sculpture that was commissioned by Pope Pius VII around 1796. The original sculpture is currently housed in the Vatican Museum in Rome. This statue stands on a tall plinth with a moulded base and capping, but it no longer holds the shield and sword that it once had in its left and right hands.

Local climate

Gladiator statue (south) at Bryn Bras Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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