Gate Piers at former Railway Crossing is a Grade II listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 January 1991. Gate pier.
Gate Piers at former Railway Crossing
- WRENN ID
- first-window-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Constituency
- Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1991
- Type
- Gate pier
- Address
- Gate Piers at former Railway Crossing, Trecynon, Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff
- OS grid reference
- SN 988 037
- Coordinates
- 51.72345, -3.46531
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gate piers at the former railway crossing are notable structures from the 19th century. The left-hand gate post features a complex design made of both cast iron and wood. It includes a tapered cast iron column stamped with "GWR T47," topped with a finial and spurs that connect to a thin square pole. This pole is hinged to a large timber post, which is thickened at the top and has an inverted spandrel stamped "T116." Between this spandrel and the arm that once held the gate, there is a quatrefoil ornament. The plain square iron pier on the right likely served as a locking post for a pedestrian gate and is capped with a pyramidal top.
Local climate
Gate Piers at former Railway Crossing sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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