Garden terrace walls and turrets on N and E sides of Bryn Corach is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 October 1981. Garden structure.

Garden terrace walls and turrets on N and E sides of Bryn Corach

WRENN ID
shadowed-groin-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 October 1981
Type
Garden structure
Address
Garden terrace walls and turrets on N and E sides of Bryn Corach, Mount Pleasant
OS grid reference
SH 776 773
Coordinates
53.27863, -3.83699
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The garden terrace walls and turrets on the north and east sides of Bryn Corach are constructed from rubble stone and feature a castellated design. The entrance from the drive to the house includes round turrets that rise two stories high, with the left-hand turret (east) being broader and containing a doorway and window openings. Continuing east across the front of the house, the wall extends with two additional turrets and has central brick and concrete steps. The wall then curves around the east side of the house, featuring saddle-back merlons and three more half-round turrets, leading to a gateway from the drive on the east side, which also includes turrets. Further south, the wall becomes plainer.

On the west side of the forecourt entrance, there is a plain rubble-stone wall that curves back towards the west side of the house, where two turrets are located. This section ends just north of a wing that was added in 1963 and includes a memorial plaque dedicated to Thomas Arthur Leonard, the founder of the Co-operative and Communal Holidays Fellowship. There is also a short, detached section of wall on the right side of the forecourt to the northwest of the house, which concludes with a round turret beside the house.

On the east side of the house, there is a detached high rubble-stone terrace retaining wall topped with a castellated parapet. This wall steps back on the south side, beyond the east elevation of the house, where it is battered. An unfinished return stub wall is present on the north side, which features the base of a round tower.

Local climate

Garden terrace walls and turrets on N and E sides of Bryn Corach sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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