Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Gatehouse.

Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle

WRENN ID
haunted-fireplace-yarrow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle, Laugharne Township
OS grid reference
SN 302 107
Coordinates
51.77001, -4.46231
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle is a Grade I listed structure. It features a gateway passage that is flanked by rectangular guardroom chambers on the ground floor, with a central room above that includes a side garderobe. The building has voussoired openings, chamfered and spur buttresses, and arrowslits with oillets. A dragon weathervane adorns the top of the gatehouse. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Outer Gatehouse to Laugharne Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  1. Boundry Wall to W of Castle House,including gated entrance Grade II 20 m
  2. Castle House Grade II* 21 m
  3. Section of boundry walls around Castle grounds running SW.from outer Gatehouse Grade II 40 m
  4. Town Hall Grade II* 44 m
  5. Laugharne Castle Grade I 45 m
  6. Globe House (including SB & RB Gleed, Butcher's Shop) Grade II 48 m
  7. Gwalia Grade II 58 m
  8. Manchester House Grade II 65 m
  9. 2 Market Street Grade II 66 m
  10. Section of Boundry Walls around Castle grounds running E from outer Gatehouse Grade II 72 m