Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 1999. Gateway.

Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca

WRENN ID
lunar-tower-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 1999
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
ST 236 911
Coordinates
51.61432, -3.10431
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The entrance gateway at the churchyard of St Mary Risca features two tall gatepiers made of regular tooled ashlar blocks. The angles of the gatepiers are chamfered, and the top course is shaped into an octagon, supporting a shallow octagonal capstone. The gateway is adorned with wide and tall double iron gates that have spear finials and Gothic arches, which reflect the architectural style of the church.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway at Churchyard of St Mary Risca sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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