Gate piers and flanking walls to forecourt of Maes Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 2002. Gate piers, walls.
Gate piers and flanking walls to forecourt of Maes Manor
- WRENN ID
- lost-newel-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 May 2002
- Type
- Gate piers, walls
- Address
- Gate piers and flanking walls to forecourt of Maes Manor, Blackwood
- OS grid reference
- ST 174 988
- Coordinates
- 51.68229, -3.19514
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The gate piers and flanking walls at the entrance to Maes Manor are made of square freestone. The piers feature moulded cornices and projecting caps topped with ball finials. The original gates are no longer present. The flanking walls are constructed of coped rubble stone and slope downwards. On the north side, the wall connects to the walled garden.
Local climate
Gate piers and flanking walls to forecourt of Maes Manor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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