Park Wall Flanking Railingsat 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. Wall.

Park Wall Flanking Railingsat Driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle

WRENN ID
gentle-spandrel-oak
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
Wall
OS grid reference
SO 040 071
Coordinates
51.75444, -3.39153
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Park Wall Flanking Railings at the driveway entrance to Cyfarthfa Castle are constructed of rough stonework and feature castellated cappings that match the outer turrets of the entrance railings. The left-hand section of the wall extends northwest to a point near the road junction with Gurnos Road, directly opposite the northwest end of the park lake. The right-hand section of the wall extends southeast as far as the bus lay-by on the north side of the road above Williamstown.

Local climate

Park Wall Flanking Railingsat 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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