Gate piers, gates and screen to the E drive of Maesllwch Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 January 1996. Gate screen.
Gate piers, gates and screen to the E drive of Maesllwch Castle
- WRENN ID
- sunken-pewter-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1996
- Type
- Gate screen
- Address
- Gate piers, gates and screen to the E drive of Maesllwch Castle, Glasbury
- OS grid reference
- SO 179 405
- Coordinates
- 52.05694, -3.19806
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gate piers, gates, and screen at the eastern drive of Maesllwch Castle were built around 1830-1840 by Robert Lugar as part of the castle's rebuilding for Walter Wilkins. The screen features central gate piers flanked by iron railings on a low stone wall, which curves back on the right side to follow the road.
The gate piers are made of sandstone, are octagonal in shape, and stand approximately 3.5 meters high. Each pier has a moulded base and is adorned with cinquefoiled headed recessed panels on all sides, topped with a moulded capital. The low walls are constructed from rock-faced stone with weathered coping stones, supporting cast-iron railings that feature fleur-de-lys terminals. These railings are held up by stanchions with scrolled brackets at the back and rise to meet the central gate piers. The terminal piers are also rock-faced, with chamfered corners, necking, and moulded capitals.
The gates themselves have a double central rail, with dog rails below and an arched design beneath the top rail, also featuring fleur-de-lys terminals.
Local climate
Gate piers, gates and screen to the E drive of Maesllwch Castle receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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