Rock Arch at Insole Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 June 2003. Garden feature.

Rock Arch at Insole Court

WRENN ID
noble-passage-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 June 2003
Type
Garden feature
Address
Rock Arch at Insole Court, Llandaff
OS grid reference
ST 150 777
Coordinates
51.49252, -3.22554
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Rock Arch at Insole Court is a romantic Victorian garden feature made of natural sandstone rocks. These rocks are arranged in an artistic manner to form a dark archway, creating a dramatic effect in the garden.

Local climate

Rock Arch at Insole Court sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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