Railings at Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Merthyr Tydfil local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 July 1974. Railings.

Railings at Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle

WRENN ID
steep-granite-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Constituency
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP: Gerald Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 July 1974
Type
Railings
Address
Railings at Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle, Park
OS grid reference
SO 040 070
Coordinates
51.75433, -3.39135
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The railings at the driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle are two impressive sections of ironwork, flanked by ironwork gate piers. The large urn finials sit atop round gate piers with hinges, and there is a cluster of smaller urn-topped uprights attached. A matching pair of ironwork gates complements the design. The spear railings extend down in seven bays to the left and right, divided by square groups of urn-finial uprights, and feature spear dog-bars. At the outer ends, the railings are connected to square, castellated stone turrets, with boundary walls extending beyond. The gates were restored in the spring of 1987.

Local climate

Railings at Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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