Wall and Railings at Hope Independent Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 2003. Boundary wall, railings.
Wall and Railings at Hope Independent Chapel
- WRENN ID
- sunken-stone-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 2003
- Type
- Boundary wall, railings
- Address
- Wall and Railings at Hope Independent Chapel, Pontardulais
- OS grid reference
- SN 590 037
- Coordinates
- 51.71462, -4.04165
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The wall and railings at Hope Independent Chapel are constructed of rock-faced rubble with painted Bathstone coping, complemented by iron rails, piers, and gates. The structure features two entrances located towards the outer ends, each marked by wide cast iron pillars that have square plinths, rounded lower sections, lozenge projections, and decorative upper sections topped with small ball finials. To the west, there is a single gate adorned with finials that have three spikes above the top bar and scrolls on the outer bars. A low horizontal bar includes dog-bars beneath and similar finials above. The paired gates at the eastern end are designed in a similar style. The railings also feature similar finials, with thicker decorated posts that have pointed finials separating the panels. The end piers are made of rock-faced stone and topped with pyramid caps.
Local climate
Wall and Railings at Hope Independent Chapel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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