Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas Brondanw is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. House.

Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas Brondanw

WRENN ID
vast-bronze-jay
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
House
Address
Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 616 422
Coordinates
52.96014, -4.06156
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Raised Balustraded Terrace, located immediately west of Plas Brondanw, is a 20th-century structure featuring an oval slate-flagged surface. It has rubble revettment walls on the west (front) and sides, where the ground slopes away, while the east side, facing the house, is at ground level and open to the center. The terrace is adorned with simple balustrading made of reconstituted stone, which sweeps in arcs to the left and right, terminating at the house end in square, cement-stone Art Deco flower pots with rusticated pier bases. On the garden side, the balustrading ends at a central opening flanked by plain rusticated limestone piers topped with large flaming urn finials made of cement-stone. Perron-style steps descend on both sides to a lower level, featuring re-used wrought-iron balustrading with scrollwork and urn finials, painted in the distinctive Clough Williams-Ellis blue. The steps are constructed from cement, re-used dressed limestone, and cobbles. Below the stairs, there is a central, semi-circular moulded stone arched niche that contains a moulded basket of fruit in cement-stone.

Local climate

Raised Balustraded Terrace immediately W of Plas Brondanw 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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