Gates and railings to Capel Blaenplwyf is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 2000. Gates and railings.

Gates and railings to Capel Blaenplwyf

WRENN ID
plain-span-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 September 2000
Type
Gates and railings
Address
Gates and railings to Capel Blaenplwyf, Aberystwyth, Llanfarian
OS grid reference
SN 576 754
Coordinates
52.35893, -4.09227
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gates and railings at Capel Blaenplwyf are constructed with low rubble stone walls topped with slate coping. The railings feature twisted standards with fleur de lys cast-iron heads, with every alternate standard extending through the bottom rail to the coping. There are thicker cast-iron stanchions, also twisted, which have larger fleur-de-lys heads. The double gates are made with similar bars and dog-bars. Additionally, there are plain octagonal cast-iron piers with caps and ball finials.

Local climate

Gates and railings to Capel Blaenplwyf sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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