South Gate (Porth y Felin) is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 December 1963. Gate.

South Gate (Porth y Felin)

WRENN ID
upper-arch-shade
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 December 1963
Type
Gate
Address
South Gate (Porth y Felin), Cowbridge, Cowbridge with Llanblethian
OS grid reference
SS 993 745
Coordinates
51.46116, -3.45052
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

South Gate, also known as Porth y Felin, is a gate made of stone rubble, standing six metres high, approximately 6.2 metres deep, and six metres wide. The north side features pointed double archways that are about 3.3 metres wide, while the south face has a segmental arch. The gate is flanked by buttresses that likely date from 19th century restorations.

Local climate

South Gate (Porth y Felin) 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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