Gates, Piers, Steps and Balustrade Wall bounding north side of Dutch Garden at St. Fagans Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. House.
Gates, Piers, Steps and Balustrade Wall bounding north side of Dutch Garden at St. Fagans Castle
- WRENN ID
- stark-threshold-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gates, Piers, Steps and Balustrade Wall bounding north side of Dutch Garden at St. Fagans Castle, Museum of Welsh Life
- OS grid reference
- ST 119 772
- Coordinates
- 51.48697, -3.26904
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gates, piers, steps, and balustrade wall on the north side of the Dutch Garden at St. Fagans Castle are constructed from stone with a capping. The wall features a flight of six stone steps that ascend to a pair of exquisite wrought iron gates with an overthrow. These gates are adorned with intricate motifs of a vine plant, including its leaves, fruit, and tendrils, and have iron scrolls incorporated within the double top, lock, and bottom rails. The gates are flanked by ashlar gate piers that also have capping and ball finials. The steps leading down from the gates are bordered by arcaded balustrades with moulded coping, which end in square piers at the bottom. The western side of the garden is bordered by the 'Battlement Walk,' which is listed separately.
Local climate
Gates, Piers, Steps and Balustrade Wall bounding north side of Dutch Garden at St. Fagans Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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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