Raised Terrace at East Entrance to 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. Vernacular building complex.

Raised Terrace at East Entrance to Picton Castle

WRENN ID
dark-bonework-shade
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
Vernacular building complex
Address
Raised Terrace at East Entrance to Picton Castle, Picton Park, Slebech
OS grid reference
SN 011 134
Coordinates
51.78414, -4.88497
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The raised terrace at the east entrance to Picton Castle is designed to blend into the surrounding land. At the west end, it is bordered by curved retaining walls that extend symmetrically as wings on either side of the main entrance to the Castle. The terrace features similar hammer-dressed masonry to that of the Castle, with the stonework possibly re-used from medieval walls. It has low parapets with overhanging copings. The basement of the Castle extends slightly beneath the terrace. On either side of the entrance, there are curved flights of steps leading down to a lower level. The steps are flanked by round ornamental hammer-dressed masonry piers topped with decorative carved copings, and they also feature carved stone balusters and copings.

Local climate

Raised Terrace at East Entrance to 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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