Ionic Column on former East Drive is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 September 1998. Column.

Ionic Column on former East Drive

WRENN ID
heavy-attic-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 September 1998
Type
Column
Address
Ionic Column on former East Drive, Glynllifon, Llandwrog
OS grid reference
SH 459 554
Coordinates
53.07362, -4.3009
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an Ionic marble column located on the former East Drive. It features a square base and a cylindrical column. At the top, there is a cornice supporting a large ovoid finial on a stem.

Local climate

Ionic Column on former East Drive sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 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 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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