Monument in Battery Square is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 August 2002. Monument.

Monument in Battery Square

WRENN ID
dreaming-spandrel-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 August 2002
Type
Monument
Address
Monument in Battery Square, Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth
OS grid reference
SH 590 371
Coordinates
52.91331, -4.09829
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The monument in Battery Square is a column-shaped structure. It features a fluted iron column at the center of a large circular brick planter, which has a stepped brick base that includes seating. At the top of the column is a square plinth that supports a spread eagle perched on a ball finial.

Local climate

Monument in Battery Square 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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