Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 February 2004. Bollard.

Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe

WRENN ID
over-glass-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 February 2004
Type
Bollard
Address
Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe, New Cut, St. Thomas
OS grid reference
SS 661 935
Coordinates
51.62482, -3.93555
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a cast-iron bollard located on the east side of the Afon Tawe. It stands approximately 60 centimeters high and features a moulded flat rim topped with a hemispherical cap.

Local climate

Iron bollard on E side of Afon Tawe sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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