South Gate Piers to Chirk Town Council Offices is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Gate piers.

South Gate Piers to Chirk Town Council Offices

WRENN ID
broken-belfry-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Gate piers
OS grid reference
SJ 290 379
Coordinates
52.93451, -3.05706
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The South Gate Piers to Chirk Town Council Offices are made of sandstone blocks, with each course alternating in size. They rise to a solid capital that features a cornice and a swept pedestal topped with a ball finial. The iron gates that were once part of the structure are missing.

Local climate

South Gate Piers to Chirk Town Council Offices receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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