Garden walls at former Bishops Palace, (Carmarthenshire County Museum) is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2003. Garden walls. 8 related planning applications.
Garden walls at former Bishops Palace, (Carmarthenshire County Museum)
- WRENN ID
- waiting-ashlar-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 October 2003
- Type
- Garden walls
- Address
- Garden walls at former Bishops Palace, (Carmarthenshire County Museum), Abergwili, SA31 2JG
- OS grid reference
- SN 440 209
- Coordinates
- 51.86496, -4.26647
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The garden walls at the former Bishops Palace, located at Carmarthenshire County Museum, are constructed of high rubble stone and enclose a garden that measures approximately 60 by 50 meters. The walls face the east side of the churchyard and feature a plain coping, standing about 2.5 meters tall. At the northern end, the wall is stepped and includes an inserted doorway with a freestone surround and a round brick head. This door, which has vertical ribs, provides access to a path leading to the former palace. The southern return of the wall is battered at the base and, due to the lower ground level, reaches a height of approximately 4 meters as it faces a ditch.
Local climate
Garden walls at former Bishops Palace, (Carmarthenshire County Museum) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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