Pair of King's Beasts at E entrance of Miskin Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2000. Monument.
Pair of King's Beasts at E entrance of Miskin Manor
- WRENN ID
- final-wattle-claret
- 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
- Monument
- Address
- Pair of King's Beasts at E entrance of Miskin Manor, Pont-Y-Clun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- ST 056 802
- Coordinates
- 51.51366, -3.36037
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a pair of Tudor-style king's beasts located at the east entrance of Miskin Manor. They are made of reconstituted stone and feature heraldic beasts, with a dog on the left and a horse on the right. Each beast stands on a tall pedestal, which has an octagonal shaft with a square base and cap. The figures are also holding copper banners.
Local climate
Pair of King's Beasts at E entrance of 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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