Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Ilston Community) is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Gateway.

Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Ilston Community)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 October 1999
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
SS 502 879
Coordinates
51.57038, -4.16253
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The South-East Gates and Piers of Penrice Castle serve as a formal entrance to the castle park. The gateway features two square sandstone piers, which are approximately 3.5 meters apart. These piers are heavily rusticated and vermiculated, standing on tall plinths with base moulding and topped with a small cornice. Each pier is adorned with stone finials shaped like elongated globes on thin hollow stems, each featuring a thin vermiculated band around the middle. The globes and cornices have been restored. The gates themselves are simple, made of wrought iron and include dog railings.

Local climate

Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Ilston Community) 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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