Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall to S side of Abergele Road is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 November 1997. Boundary wall.

Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall to S side of Abergele Road

WRENN ID
heavy-parapet-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 November 1997
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall to S side of Abergele Road, Tan-Yr-Ogof, Llanddulas and Rhyd-Y-Foel
OS grid reference
SH 913 780
Coordinates
53.28865, -3.63083
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall, dating from the 19th century, is a long stretch of estate boundary wall that runs alongside Abergele Road for approximately 0.5 kilometers. It is constructed of local limestone rubble. The wall begins at the junction of Abergele Road and Rhyd-y-Foel Road, curving around to follow Rhyd-y-Foel Road for about 12 meters, where it continues beyond a masonry break as a later rubble wall. The main section of the wall borders Abergele Road. At the start, there is an inset sandstone milestone with a weathered inscription that reads: '(?) - Llanddulas/ St. Asaph - Conway/ Chester - Bangor/ London - Ireland'. The wall is around 4.5 meters high at this point and extends for about 25 meters before stepping down by one meter and continuing for another 25 meters. In the center of this section, there is a pointed-arched entrance and a splayed 'arrow-slit' to the right. The wall steps down again and runs for roughly 150 meters at a height of 2 meters, with a further blocked slit light in the center. It then steps up in four stages of 25 meters each before slightly advancing and continuing for another 50 meters as a simply-crenellated wall. The structure ends in a much-overgrown corner turret.

Local climate

Gwrych Estate Boundary Wall to S side of Abergele Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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