Entrance Gateway to Plas-newydd is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 2004. Gateway.

Entrance Gateway to Plas-newydd

WRENN ID
old-hammer-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 April 2004
Type
Gateway
Address
Entrance Gateway to Plas-newydd, Usk
OS grid reference
SO 375 010
Coordinates
51.70501, -2.90543
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The entrance gateway to Plas-newydd features a pair of square stone piers topped with stepped caps. These piers enclose iron gates that have spear and arrow finials, a horizontal panel adorned with quatrefoils, and a lower panel that includes extra bars. On either side of the gateway, there are convex stone walls that support iron railings, which also have arrow finials.

Local climate

Entrance Gateway to Plas-newydd receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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