Retaining wall of Afon Gyffin to E of Pont Pensarn is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 October 1981. House.
Retaining wall of Afon Gyffin to E of Pont Pensarn
- WRENN ID
- tattered-footing-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1981
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SH 783 774
- Coordinates
- 53.27965, -3.82533
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The retaining wall of Afon Gyffin, located east of Pont Pensarn, is a 19th-century structure made of rubble stone set on bedrock. It measures approximately 130 meters in length, stretching between Pont Pensarn and the Lifeboat station. At the western end, where it meets Pont Pensarn, there is a parapet consisting of dwarf walls and iron railings, flanked by two rock-faced piers topped with pyramidal caps. This section serves as part of the forecourt for the nearby bowling green.
Local climate
Retaining wall of Afon Gyffin to E of Pont Pensarn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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