Gates and Gatepiers immediately S of the Flaming Urn Monument is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Telephone kiosk.

Gates and Gatepiers immediately S of the Flaming Urn Monument

WRENN ID
third-window-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1998
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Gates and Gatepiers immediately S of the Flaming Urn Monument, Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 615 420
Coordinates
52.95826, -4.06219
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gates and gatepiers located immediately south of the Flaming Urn Monument are tall, square structures made of rubble with moulded rubble capping and reconstituted stone urn finials. The gates themselves are plain wrought iron and feature a decorative overthrow topped with a polychromed decorative crown. Additionally, there are short, low sections of wall on either side that curve outward away from the tower.

Local climate

Gates and Gatepiers immediately S of the Flaming Urn Monument sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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