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

Entrance gateway to Porth-y-carn

WRENN ID
far-crypt-briar
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 Porth-y-carn, Usk
OS grid reference
SO 375 010
Coordinates
51.70477, -2.90541
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The entrance gateway to Porth-y-carn is a notable structure featuring two tall painted stone piers that have recessed panels and half-round and corniced caps set on deep plinths. The gateway includes double iron gates adorned with spear finials and anthemion finials on the main uprights, as well as a centre rail and braces that sweep down at the centre. On either side of the gateway, there are curved rock-faced stone walls with iron railings that create a bay, which ends in tall rock-faced piers with caps that connect to the front garden wall.

Local climate

Entrance gateway to Porth-y-carn 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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