Walls of Entrance Forecourt flanking the Bridge at St Donats Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Boundary wall. 9 related planning applications.
Walls of Entrance Forecourt flanking the Bridge at St Donats Castle
- WRENN ID
- fading-rood-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 September 1982
- Type
- Boundary wall
- Address
- Walls of Entrance Forecourt flanking the Bridge at St Donats Castle, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen
- OS grid reference
- SS 934 681
- Coordinates
- 51.40222, -3.53296
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The walls of the entrance forecourt flanking the bridge at St Donats Castle are constructed from local lias limestone rubble. Located to the south-east of the castle entrance bridge, there is a thin boundary wall approximately 2 meters high that includes an archway and extends to the north-west angle of the forecourt stables. The forecourt wall on the north-west side of the bridge has been lowered since the early 20th century, likely during the 1920s. Additionally, the archway leading to the kitchen yard was narrowed in the 1970s to create a pointed arch with a parapet above.
Local climate
Walls of Entrance Forecourt flanking the Bridge at St Donats Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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