Gatepiers, Piers and Walls at Main Entrance to Tal-y-coed Court is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 October 2000. Gatepiers, walls.

Gatepiers, Piers and Walls at Main Entrance to Tal-y-coed Court

WRENN ID
hidden-landing-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 October 2000
Type
Gatepiers, walls
Address
Gatepiers, Piers and Walls at Main Entrance to Tal-y-coed Court, Monmouth, Whitecastle
OS grid reference
SO 419 149
Coordinates
51.83042, -2.84358
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The gatepiers, piers, and walls at the main entrance to Tal-y-coed Court are constructed from coursed rubble stone. The circular gatepiers stand approximately 3 meters high and feature moulded stone caps with ball finials, along with ornamental wrought iron double gates. The side walls are attached and curve forward to shorter circular piers, which are about 2 meters high and also have moulded caps. The coping of the walls is designed to sweep down.

Local climate

Gatepiers, Piers and Walls at Main Entrance to Tal-y-coed Court receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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