Walled Garden at Picton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 February 1998. Walled garden.
Walled Garden at Picton Castle
- WRENN ID
- muffled-groin-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1998
- Type
- Walled garden
- Address
- Walled Garden at Picton Castle, Picton Park, Slebech
- OS grid reference
- SN 008 133
- Coordinates
- 51.78354, -4.88812
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Walled Garden at Picton Castle is a formal garden measuring approximately 100 meters east to west and 40 meters north to south. The main architectural feature is a striking set of cast-iron railings and large double gates that span the entire eastern side of the garden, designed in a uniform style. The gates are centrally positioned and are hung from rendered brickwork piers topped with projecting cornices and pineapple finials.
The cast-iron gates feature a cresting at the top with alternating tall and short decorative elements. At the mid-height of the gates, there are five tall loops that appear to be linked by straps to circles above and below. The base of the gates includes a panel of five squares with quadrants. The railings flanking the gates are arranged in bays between taller standards and rest on a high plinth wall, with the ironwork detailing matching that of the upper half of the gates.
To the north, the garden was originally lined with greenhouses, which have since been demolished, leaving only remnants of the plinth walls at the front. The northern wall is constructed of brickwork with concrete copings, while the western and southern walls are made of stone.
Local climate
Walled Garden at Picton Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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