Gate piers at Mathafarn is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 2004. Gate piers.

Gate piers at Mathafarn

WRENN ID
forgotten-spandrel-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 August 2004
Type
Gate piers
Address
Gate piers at Mathafarn, Llanwrin, Glantwymyn
OS grid reference
SH 807 044
Coordinates
52.62457, -3.76329
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gate piers at Mathafarn are a pair of structures made from coursed ashlar stone. Each pier features two orders of mouldings at each corner. They have moulded entablatures that are slightly rusticated and are topped with large ball finials set on shouldered pyramidal bases.

Local climate

Gate piers at Mathafarn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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