Garden gatepiers to a cross terrace in the formal W gardens at Old Gwernyfed is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. House.
Garden gatepiers to a cross terrace in the formal W gardens at Old Gwernyfed
- WRENN ID
- tattered-chimney-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 September 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Garden gatepiers to a cross terrace in the formal W gardens at Old Gwernyfed, Felindre
- OS grid reference
- SO 181 365
- Coordinates
- 52.02147, -3.19373
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The garden gate piers at Old Gwernyfed date back to around 1604 and are ornamental features similar to those found at Hay-on-Wye Castle. These square piers are made of channel-rusticated limestone ashlar and feature stepped necking mouldings, an arcaded frieze, and a moulded cornice. Each pier is topped with a stepped pyramidal cap that supports a fluted square pedestal and a ball finial. On either side of the piers, rubble garden walls extend for about 1.5 meters, incorporating piers within the garden that each contain an apse-headed niche facing back towards the house. The reveals of the piers hold pintles for double gates that open into the gardens.
Inside the garden, the terrace is approximately 100 meters wide and concludes with a splayed gate that is 3 meters wide, located directly opposite the piers. This gate is set within a rubble garden wall and leads to the driveway, exiting the formal garden.
Local climate
Garden gatepiers to a cross terrace in the formal W gardens at Old Gwernyfed 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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