The Guildhall Flagstaff is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. Flagstaff.
The Guildhall Flagstaff
- WRENN ID
- tattered-landing-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- Flagstaff
- Address
- The Guildhall Flagstaff, Uplands
- OS grid reference
- SS 644 924
- Coordinates
- 51.6146, -3.95926
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Guildhall Flagstaff is a notable structure featuring a polygonal white stone base and a polygonal plinth consisting of three steps. The lower section is decorated with fluting and chevron bands, above which is an additional band of chevrons, leading to a taller section that also has fluting. At the top, there is a smooth tapering staff crowned by an eagle standing on a globe.
Local climate
The Guildhall Flagstaff 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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