West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosure is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 October 1977. Garden wall.

West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosure

WRENN ID
over-vault-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
6 October 1977
Type
Garden wall
Address
West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosure, Museum of Welsh Life, St Fagans, St. Fagans
OS grid reference
ST 119 773
Coordinates
51.48784, -3.26935
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosure are made of high limestone and brick. The western wall has a stone facing on its west side and a brick facing on its east side. Similarly, the northern wall features a stone facing on its north side and a brick facing on its south side. The brick faces are designed for fruit growing in the kitchen garden or orchard.

Local climate

West and North Walls of the Gardens House enclosure 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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