Arch and Gate at Ffynnon Gwyfil is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Telephone kiosk.

Arch and Gate at Ffynnon Gwyfil

WRENN ID
sacred-joist-marsh
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
Arch and Gate at Ffynnon Gwyfil, Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 618 424
Coordinates
52.9617, -4.05845
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The arch and gate at Ffynnon Gwyfil is a 4-meter high arched rubble gateway featuring a plain round arched opening and a simple Dutch gable above. The gable has slate coping and is topped with an acorn finial made of reconstituted stone. Inside the gable, there is a shallow oval recess with a keystone shaped like a reconstituted stone eagle, which is a common feature used by architect Williams-Ellis. The recess holds a slate tablet that is inscribed with the words 'Ffynnon Gwyfil'. The wrought iron gate has simple scrolled and tasselled decoration at the top.

Local climate

Arch and Gate at Ffynnon Gwyfil 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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