Terraced steps at The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 August 2001. Stairs.

Terraced steps at The Gables

WRENN ID
muted-newel-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Caerphilly
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 August 2001
Type
Stairs
Address
Terraced steps at The Gables, Abercarn
OS grid reference
ST 215 947
Coordinates
51.64625, -3.13461
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The terraced steps at The Gables are a Grade II listed feature consisting of an asymmetrical stone staircase that rises from a grassy terrace, which was previously used for tennis, to the paved terrace in front of the house. The steps are constructed from stone rubble, with some rockfaced elements, and feature roughly dressed stone coping. At the base, which has swept sides and shallow coping stones, there are roughly dressed quoins and a segmental arched alcove with rough voussoirs that once held a seat. The staircase includes two rounded approach steps on the right, followed by a flight of steps that returns behind the recess and then turns again to ascend the slope in three uneven sections. These sections are flanked by low walls with end piers.

Local climate

Terraced steps at The Gables 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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