Gateway and gate to W boundary at Talygarn is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2000. Gateway.

Gateway and gate to W boundary at Talygarn

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 August 2000
Type
Gateway
Address
Gateway and gate to W boundary at Talygarn, Pont-Y-Clun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 028 801
Coordinates
51.5116, -3.40195
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gateway and gate at the western boundary of Talygarn is made of freestone and is set back from the road. It features a round-headed arch with stressed jambs and voussoirs, along with panelled spandrels. The top has a moulded saddleback coping that is crowned by three ball finials. The single round-headed iron gate includes decorative scrollwork on the lock rail and is fitted within a matching ironwork frame. The flanking walls, made of snecked stone, curve outwards and downwards, topped with freestone coping, and end in square rock-faced piers that have moulded caps.

Local climate

Gateway and gate to W boundary at Talygarn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% 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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