Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 May 1949. Portico.

Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel

WRENN ID
last-rampart-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 May 1949
Type
Portico
Address
Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel, Bangor
OS grid reference
SH 590 724
Coordinates
53.23071, -4.11332
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel is a freestone Tuscan Doric structure that is set against a coursed rubble arched entrance, which was part of the long Georgian front of the building. The archway features voussoirs and sockets for beams that would have supported the porch roof. The portico has paired columns at the front and pilasters on the sides. It is topped with a plain entablature that includes a slate plaque inscribed with: "1799-1884 Yma Y Safai Gwesty’r 'Penrhyn Arms' Cartref Cyntaf Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru 1884-1926".

Local climate

Portico to the former Penrhyn Arms Hotel 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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