Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 July 1997. Entrance.
Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance
- WRENN ID
- second-merlon-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Rhondda and Ogmore MP: Chris Bryant (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1997
- Type
- Entrance
- Address
- Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance, Garw Valley
- OS grid reference
- SS 907 914
- Coordinates
- 51.61131, -3.57978
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance features a low curved rubble wall topped with ashlar coping and iron railings. It is flanked by five tall rock-faced sandstone piers that have battered plinths and pyramidal caps. The central three piers support decorative iron gates for both vehicle and pedestrian access. These gates have an unusual design, incorporating diagonal and semi-circular elements, fleur de lys finials, and cresting along the top rail.
Local climate
Pontycymer Cemetery Entrance sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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