Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2001. Colonnade.

Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne Square

WRENN ID
frozen-mortar-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2001
Type
Colonnade
Address
Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne Square, Cathays
OS grid reference
ST 178 773
Coordinates
51.4887, -3.18423
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The colonnade and gateways at the south end of Queen Anne Square are designed in a simple classical style and date from the 18th century. The structure consists of two gateways with a colonnade in between, made of brick with freestone dressings. Each gateway features square brick piers with angle pilasters, topped with garlanded urns on capstones. The outer sides have a coped wall that slopes down to a lower wall, which includes pedestrian side gates and ends in a square pier with a stone cap. The pedestrian gateways are adorned with flat brick arches that have keystones. The five-bay freestone Tuscan colonnade includes four pairs of columns and a moulded entablature that is also topped by urns. Each bay between the columns features simple ironwork railings with dog bars.

Local climate

Colonnade and gateways at S end of Queen Anne Square 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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