Gates and gatepiers at entrance to Gliffaes is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Gateway.

Gates and gatepiers at entrance to Gliffaes

WRENN ID
brooding-cornice-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 1998
Type
Gateway
Address
Gates and gatepiers at entrance to Gliffaes, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 175 199
Coordinates
51.87218, -3.19958
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gateway at the entrance to Gliffaes features square piers made of red sandstone ashlar, topped with swept pyramidal caps and orb finials. The double cast iron gates are designed with scrolled lower, upper, and lock rails, along with an elaborately scrolled overthrow. On either side of the piers, there are dwarf stone walls with flat brick coping that rise to meet the piers and are crowned by brick scrolls.

Local climate

Gates and gatepiers at entrance to Gliffaes sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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