Terrace Wall in Garden to south of Insole Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1976. Garden feature.

Terrace Wall in Garden to south of Insole Court

WRENN ID
former-chancel-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 March 1976
Type
Garden feature
Address
Terrace Wall in Garden to south of Insole Court, Llandaff
OS grid reference
ST 150 776
Coordinates
51.49156, -3.22517
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The terrace wall located in the garden to the south of Insole Court is made of stone and features Gothic balustrading that has trefoils and cinquefoils. It is topped with roll coping. At both ends of the wall, there are stone plinths with urns. In the center of the west side, there is a flanking flight of steps that leads down from the terrace.

Local climate

Terrace Wall in Garden to south of 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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