Walls, and attached Summerhouse, of Walled Garden at Gileston Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 September 2004. Garden structure.
Walls, and attached Summerhouse, of Walled Garden at Gileston Manor
- WRENN ID
- solemn-lantern-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 September 2004
- Type
- Garden structure
- Address
- Walls, and attached Summerhouse, of Walled Garden at Gileston Manor, Barry, St. Athan
- OS grid reference
- ST 017 670
- Coordinates
- 51.39422, -3.41422
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The walls and attached summerhouse of the walled garden at Gileston Manor are constructed from local lias limestone rubble, with some dressed stone. The summerhouse features a red brick front and has a Welsh slate roof. The enclosure is square and surrounded by coped walls that are approximately 3 meters high. There are wrought iron gates with tall piers in the center of the south side, and a smaller gate on the east side. The north wall is designed with an arcade for fruit growing, featuring applied arches, although some of the piers are missing. The center of the wall is set back and includes a small single-storey summerhouse that has been inserted into the wing walls, which were previously an alcove. The central part has a glazed door flanked by 4 over 4 pane sashes, all with segmental heads, and a pyramid roof. The exterior of the wall is plain, while the summerhouse projects outward with a square red brick chimney on the rear wall. The interior of the summerhouse is plain, and the fireplace has been removed.
Local climate
Walls, and attached Summerhouse, of Walled Garden at Gileston Manor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 87% 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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