Penrice Castle North-West Gates, Railings and Piers is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Gateway.
Penrice Castle North-West Gates, Railings and Piers
- WRENN ID
- white-chalk-myrtle
- 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 495 889
- Coordinates
- 51.57912, -4.17332
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Penrice Castle North-West Gates, Railings and Piers is a formal gateway located in the boundary wall of Penrice Castle park, positioned diagonally at the intersection of two roads. The gateway features two main sandstone piers that support the gates, along with two smaller outer piers made of oolitic limestone, which are connected by fixed railings. The walls on either side are constructed of rubble sandstone and stand 2 meters high. To the right, there is a stile.
The main piers are square and approximately 3.5 meters apart, showcasing heavy rustication and vermiculation. They have a tall plinth with base moulding and a small cornice adorned with fine vertical fluting. Atop each main pier are stone globes on slender hollow stems, each featuring a prominent vermiculated square block at mid-height. The globes and cornices have been restored. The outer piers are made of plain ashlar on small plinths, each topped with simple slab coping and a finial shaped like a poppy seedpod. The gates and side railings are plain, made of wrought iron, and include dog railings.
Local climate
Penrice Castle North-West Gates, Railings and Piers 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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