The Vinery at St Fagans Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 February 2023. Glasshouse.
The Vinery at St Fagans Castle
- WRENN ID
- worn-crypt-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 February 2023
- Type
- Glasshouse
- OS grid reference
- ST 120 772
- Coordinates
- 51.48718, -3.26854
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Vinery at St Fagans Castle is a glasshouse dating from the 19th century. It features a rectangular span roof and is constructed as a timber structure resting on a brick dwarf wall. At the time of inspection, it did not have glass. The dwarf wall is built on stone slabs and is supported by evenly spaced piers made of yellow brick, along with a masonry wall at the western end.
The timber structure consists of two compartments, each containing 7 bays and 4 lights, with principal rafters dividing each bay. There is ironwork retaining trusses beneath the timber frame. The top lights can be opened using connecting levers and mechanisms. There are entrances at both ends, featuring part-panelled and part-glazed doors. Each gable is topped with a decorative finial.
Inside, there is a central walkway with paving slabs to the west and Victorian cast-iron floor grating to the east. Long narrow beds with vines are situated along the north and south walls, equipped with heating pipes and additional beds in front.
Local climate
The Vinery 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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