Main Entrance to the grounds of Hay Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1951. A C17 Gatehouse.
Main Entrance to the grounds of Hay Castle
- WRENN ID
- veiled-flint-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Main Entrance to the grounds of Hay Castle, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 228 422
- Coordinates
- 52.07329, -3.1265
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The main entrance to the grounds of Hay Castle features 17th century rusticated gate piers that have cornices and tall ball finials, similar to those found at Gwernyfed. The entrance includes double boarded gates. On either side, there are rubble walls that curve back, topped with vertically laid coping stones. To the left, the wall extends to the step down leading to the lower rubble boundary wall.
Local climate
Main Entrance to the grounds of Hay Castle receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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