Gatepiers and gates to Church of Saint Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 March 2003. Gate.

Gatepiers and gates to Church of Saint Peter

WRENN ID
eternal-footing-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
13 March 2003
Type
Gate
Address
Gatepiers and gates to Church of Saint Peter, Pontardawe, Swansea
OS grid reference
SN 722 041
Coordinates
51.72189, -3.85065
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gatepiers and gates to the Church of Saint Peter date from the 19th century and serve as the vehicular entry to the church. The gates are made of cast iron and are large, flanked by two substantial gatepiers constructed from rock-faced squared stone. These gatepiers feature plinths, projecting capstones, and large pyramidal tops, all of which are also rock-faced. At the top, they support an iron overthrow that retains remnants of scroll work.

On either side of the gates, there are lower short walls that connect to walls extending to the streetline, topped with rock-faced coping stones. The gates themselves are designed in a Gothic style, with the lower section consisting of six roundels, each enclosing a quatrefoil made up of four encircled trefoils. Above the mid-rail, there are six fleur-de-lys finials positioned between uprights of six Gothic cusped arches, which are topped with a moulded top rail adorned with seven additional fleur-de-lys finials.

Local climate

Gatepiers and gates to Church of Saint Peter sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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