Pair of King's Beasts at W entrance to Miskin Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2000. Sculpture.

Pair of King's Beasts at W entrance to Miskin Manor

WRENN ID
winding-clay-elm
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
Sculpture
Address
Pair of King's Beasts at W entrance to Miskin Manor, Pont-Y-Clun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 056 802
Coordinates
51.51359, -3.36074
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a pair of Tudor-style king's beasts located at the west entrance to Miskin Manor. They are made of reconstituted stone and consist of heraldic dragons that stand on tall pedestals. The pedestals feature octagonal shafts with square bases and caps, and the figures of the dragons hold copper banners.

Local climate

Pair of King's Beasts at W entrance to Miskin Manor 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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