Garden Wall and Gatepiers of Cathedral Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. Pump.

Garden Wall and Gatepiers of Cathedral Court

WRENN ID
dusk-kitchen-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 May 1975
Type
Pump
Address
Garden Wall and Gatepiers of Cathedral Court, Llandaff
OS grid reference
ST 154 781
Coordinates
51.49594, -3.21882
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The garden wall and gatepiers of Cathedral Court are a Grade II listed structure. From the southwest corner of the house, a low wall made of polychromatic rubble curves southeastwards. The downhill section of the wall runs along the north side of the steps leading down to the Cathedral, known as Dean's Steps. This part of the wall is constructed from stone rubble and features rough rubble coping. The wall then turns a corner and extends northeast and northwest, originally enclosing woods to the northeast of Cathedral Court, though it is now in a dilapidated state northwest of the corner opposite the Prebendal House. Additionally, there is a pair of gatepiers made from coursed pennant stone, topped with pyramid caps. The left gatepier bears the inscription "Llys Esgob."

Local climate

Garden Wall and Gatepiers of Cathedral 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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  1. The Dean's Steps Grade II 19 m
  2. Prebendal House Grade II 38 m
  3. Garden Wall of The Deanery Grade II 47 m
  4. Llandaff War Memorial Grade II 48 m
  5. Garden Wall of Pendinas Grade II 52 m
  6. The Deanery Grade II 55 m
  7. Memorial to Bishop Ollivant in the Cathedral Churchyard Grade II 57 m
  8. Pendinas Grade II 61 m
  9. Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul Grade I 72 m
  10. Setts paving the Path leading from the Lychgate to the Cathedral Grade II 79 m