Garden Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place to SE of Medieval Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Garden feature.

Garden Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place to SE of Medieval Tower

WRENN ID
lone-footing-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Garden feature
Address
Garden Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place to SE of Medieval Tower, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 044 283
Coordinates
51.94586, -3.39164
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The garden wall at the rear of No. 3 Buckingham Place, located southeast of the Medieval Tower, is a stone structure topped with iron railings featuring standards with urn finials. The wall includes a higher arch in Gothic style, which is flanked by stone gate piers that have stone slab capping. There is a wooden door from the early to mid 19th century, characterized by a pointed head and Gothic panelling. Additionally, the doorway is protected by an iron gate.

Local climate

Garden Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place to SE of Medieval Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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