Aedicular Triple-arched Niche at Plas Brondanw Gardens including adjoining Wall and Gate to NE is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Niche.
Aedicular Triple-arched Niche at Plas Brondanw Gardens including adjoining Wall and Gate to NE
- WRENN ID
- stranded-string-falcon
- 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
- Niche
- OS grid reference
- SH 616 422
- Coordinates
- 52.95945, -4.06183
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The aedicular triple-arched niche at Plas Brondanw Gardens is a tall structure built from rubble, located in the center of the southeast garden wall. It stands approximately 4.5 meters high and has a similar width. The niche features three tall round-arched openings, with the central arch being slightly larger than the two on either side. Above the arches is a shaped gable topped with a broken segmental pediment. Each arch has projecting keystones, with the central arch containing a blind oculus above it. Inside the central niche, there is a life-sized classical white marble statue, likely from the 18th century. The flanking niches house life-sized busts of Roman emperors, made of terracotta and set on cement bases.
To the left of the niche, the rubble garden wall continues northeast for 15 meters, where it curves inward and ends with a stone ball finial. A plain wrought-iron gate connects the wall to the coach-house.
Local climate
Aedicular Triple-arched Niche at Plas Brondanw Gardens including adjoining Wall and Gate to NE 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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