Gatepiers and gates to the forecourt at Erddig is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 December 1996. House.
Gatepiers and gates to the forecourt at Erddig
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-cloister-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1996
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gatepiers and gates to the forecourt at Erddig, Marchwiel
- OS grid reference
- SJ 325 480
- Coordinates
- 53.0259, -3.00638
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gatepiers and gates to the forecourt at Erddig are a pair of Neoclassical square section sandstone piers. Each pier features a moulded plinth and has a panel on the faces facing the drive that includes a carving of a cornucopia and ribbon drop. Above this, there is a ribbed frieze and a moulded cap with an inset panel decorated with a festoon and a flat top. Attached to the piers are railings and gates that have a simple design, complete with spearhead finials.
Local climate
Gatepiers and gates to the forecourt at Erddig receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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