Retaining wall and pool of Llanrhidian Lower Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 April 2000. Retaining wall.
Retaining wall and pool of Llanrhidian Lower Mill
- WRENN ID
- moated-mantel-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 April 2000
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining wall and pool of Llanrhidian Lower Mill, Llanrhidian Village
- OS grid reference
- SS 496 923
- Coordinates
- 51.61027, -4.17293
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The pool located to the south of Llanrhidian Lower Mill is supported by a large stone wall made of local limestone, along with an earth bank. At the northeast corner, there is a brick and stone archway that features a cast-iron gate, linking the mill to the pool retaining wall.
Local climate
Retaining wall and pool of Llanrhidian Lower Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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