Walls to walled garden at Nanteos is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 February 2004. Garden wall.

Walls to walled garden at Nanteos

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 February 2004
Type
Garden wall
Address
Walls to walled garden at Nanteos, Rhydyfelin, Aberystwyth, Llanfarian
OS grid reference
SN 620 786
Coordinates
52.38826, -4.02795
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The walls of the walled garden at Nanteos date back to the 19th century and are constructed of rubble stone, featuring an inner face of red brick on the north and west sides. The walls stand over 3 meters high and enclose approximately 2 acres (0.8 hectares) of land. The enclosure is irregularly shaped, with the longer walls oriented east-west and a curve to the northwest, generally topped with wide slate coping. Sections of the wall have collapsed, specifically to the south in 1996 and to the east in 2000.

There are eight entrances to the garden, but all except three are blocked. The main western entrance has been enlarged to allow for tractor access in the 20th century. A former low entrance, located about 10 meters to the south of the main entrance, features a flat brick head and brick dressings but is now blocked with rubble. The northeast entrance is modern and includes some 20th-century brickwork.

To the south, there is a small pedestrian gate with a cambered brick head, which is accompanied by a mid-19th century cast-iron gate. This gate has a short lower section adorned with five diagonal crosses in decorative scrolls beneath a double horizontal bar, and it is topped with lance-head finials. Additionally, there is a former toilet structure on the outer northwest side that is now very ruinous, as well as a small privy attached to the outer wall at the southwest angle. This privy is made of rubble stone with a flat roof and has an altered door to the east, featuring a red brick head and right jamb, which is said to have been for the private use of the Powells.

Local climate

Walls to walled garden at Nanteos sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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