Gates, piers, boundary walls and bridge at Castellau Congregational Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 August 2000. Gate and boundary structure.
Gates, piers, boundary walls and bridge at Castellau Congregational Chapel
- WRENN ID
- tired-rampart-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 August 2000
- Type
- Gate and boundary structure
- Address
- Gates, piers, boundary walls and bridge at Castellau Congregational Chapel, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 050 856
- Coordinates
- 51.56184, -3.37066
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gates, piers, boundary walls, and bridge at Castellau Congregational Chapel form an important entrance to the graveyard and chapel. The Nant Castellau stream curves around the eastern side of the graveyard, creating its boundary. Access is provided by a bridge over the stream, which leads to cast iron gates flanked by piers. Beyond the gates, there is rubble stone walling topped with rendered copings.
The bridge is made of snecked stone and features a single pointed arch constructed with narrow voussoirs and a flat deck. It has continuous parapets and dressed stone saddleback copings. The eastern ends of the bridge are splayed and terminate in square piers set at an angle, each topped with pyramidal capstones. To the west, there are taller dressed stone piers that are surmounted by ornate pyramidal capstones with hollow mouldings. These piers flank double cast iron gates that feature pointed finials and have double top, mid, and dog rails adorned with bands of circles.
Local climate
Gates, piers, boundary walls and bridge at Castellau Congregational Chapel 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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