Brynbella Upper Lodge (Top Lodge) and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1962. House. 3 related planning applications.
Brynbella Upper Lodge (Top Lodge) and Gates
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-pavement-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brynbella Upper Lodge (Top Lodge) and Gates, Tremeirchion, LL17 0UE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 081 726
- Coordinates
- 53.24285, -3.37783
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Brynbella Upper Lodge, also known as Top Lodge, is a single-storey gatelodge built with ashlar stone at the front and roughcast on the sides and rear. It features a hipped double-pile slate roof with metal hip and ridge covers, and a brick chimney situated in the valley between the front and rear sections. The left side of the building curves inward to align with the road. The front facade is made of ashlar limestone and includes a cornice and blocking course, two round-headed windows, and a central round-headed doorway. The front windows are sash type, designed to fit the curve of the heads. The door has been replaced with a modern version, and the fanlight is covered. There is a 16-pane sash window on the left side and a four-pane window at the rear. Unlike the south lodge, this gatelodge does not have window shutters.
The lodge is positioned at right angles to the gates, which consist of four ashlar piers approximately 2 meters high, topped with stone copings. The main gates are highly ornamented wrought iron, while the side gates are simpler. The name Brynbella is carved into the left main pier.
Local climate
Brynbella Upper Lodge (Top Lodge) and Gates sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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