Lion steps is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2002. Stairs. 15 related planning applications.
Lion steps
- WRENN ID
- white-lime-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 October 2002
- Type
- Stairs
- Address
- Lion steps, Dyffryn Gardens, Wenvoe
- OS grid reference
- ST 096 723
- Coordinates
- 51.44303, -3.30203
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Lion Steps are a flight of 10 concrete steps that connect the formal terrace and lawns located immediately south of the house, specifically the Panel Garden and Shrubbery to the southeast, with the more informal eastern garden, which features woodland, rock, and heather gardens. The steps are shallow and have side kerbs, with recumbent lions made of artificial stone flanking the top.
Local climate
Lion steps sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 15 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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