Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 June 2004. Gatepiers and railings.
Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre
- WRENN ID
- silver-roof-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2004
- Type
- Gatepiers and railings
- Address
- Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre, Llandovery
- OS grid reference
- SN 778 343
- Coordinates
- 51.99391, -3.78035
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The entrance features gate piers, low retaining walls, and low railings, dating from the 18th century. There are two grey stone ashlar gate piers topped with pyramid caps. Each side has a serpentine (double-curved) length of low retaining wall that is cement-capped, supporting low wrought-iron railings with spearheads on the rails and urn caps on the stanchions. At each end, there are similar short lengths of wall that return outward at right angles. The east side has a length running east along the A40, while the west side has a length that returns at right angles to run back down the lane.
Local climate
Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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