Central Piazza is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 January 1971. Public square.

Central Piazza

WRENN ID
kindled-obsidian-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 January 1971
Type
Public square
Address
Central Piazza, Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 589 371
Coordinates
52.9136, -4.09908
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Central Piazza is located in the main flat area at the center of the village and features a formal fountain basin set within a raised and revetted terrace. This terrace is accessed by a shallow flight of cobbled steps leading up from the lower level in front of the Gothick Pavilion to the south. The steps are flanked by two urns and a balustrade, with tall Ionic columns at each end. These columns are adorned with gilded oriental dancing figures at the top. The fountain basin itself is rectangular with apsidal ends and has low copings. At the southern end, there is a circular stone fountain positioned on a circular plinth. Surrounding the fountain basin are raised flower beds.

Local climate

Central Piazza 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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