Ionic Column and associated Pond Basin at Plas Brondanw Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Lock structure.

Ionic Column and associated Pond Basin at Plas Brondanw Gardens

WRENN ID
proud-facade-river
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
Lock structure
Address
Ionic Column and associated Pond Basin at Plas Brondanw Gardens, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 615 422
Coordinates
52.95944, -4.06239
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ionic stone column at Plas Brondanw Gardens stands approximately 4 meters high and is topped by a lead statue, which is about 1 meter tall and possibly represents St Florian. This column is positioned in the center of a slightly raised rectangular lily pond.

Local climate

Ionic Column and associated Pond Basin at Plas Brondanw Gardens 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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