Porth-y-mynde, wall and entrance gates of Caer Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 August 1974. House.
Porth-y-mynde, wall and entrance gates of Caer Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vast-vestry-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Porth-y-mynde, wall and entrance gates of Caer Cottage, Caerleon, NP18 1AG
- OS grid reference
- ST 341 904
- Coordinates
- 51.60906, -2.95247
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Porth-y-mynde is a wall and entrance gates of Caer Cottage, constructed from squared local red sandstone and conglomerate rubble. The wall stands about 6 meters high and is approximately 12 meters long. It features large and small four-centred archways that are outlined in dressed sandstone and have keyed heads. The larger archway, known as Porth-y-mynde, includes plank double gates with strap hinges, while the smaller foot arch has a plank door. The wall extends the full distance between Nos 15 and 16 and rises to the height of their eaves. The interior face of the wall has not been seen.
Local climate
Porth-y-mynde, wall and entrance gates of Caer Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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