Front railed screen and gate piers at Gwernyfed High School is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 1995. Mansion.
Front railed screen and gate piers at Gwernyfed High School
- WRENN ID
- drifting-quartz-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1995
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Front railed screen and gate piers at Gwernyfed High School, Aberllynfi
- OS grid reference
- SO 175 373
- Coordinates
- 52.02845, -3.20294
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The front railed screen and gate piers at Gwernyfed High School are set on a limestone dwarf wall that follows the slope of the ground. The railings consist of stanchions topped with curled finials and intermediate dog-rails. Central limestone ashlar piers feature a plinth and moulded cornice, supporting raised ball finials. The iron gates match the height of the railings and have a tightly curled upper section, with a central panel adorned with scrolls.
Local climate
Front railed screen and gate piers at Gwernyfed High School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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