Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 February 1994. House.

Manse

WRENN ID
grey-cloister-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 February 1994
Type
House
Address
Manse, Rhyl
OS grid reference
SJ 016 808
Coordinates
53.3157, -3.47838
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is a manse and chapel, constructed with coursed and squared stone for the chapel, roughcast render for the hall and manse, and slate roofs. The chapel features a wide pedimented gable facing the street, with the original entrances located on either side, which have since been blocked, likely when the schoolroom and porch were added to the north. However, the radial fanlights remain as windows. The chapel has paired tall central round arched windows and similar windows in the west gable, while the south elevation is blind. A gabled porch provides the current entrance to both the chapel and the schoolroom/hall, situated against the north wall of the chapel. The hall is a single-storey, three-window range, featuring 12-pane sash windows with flat arched heads. Adjacent to the hall, balancing the chapel with a gable facing the street, is the former manse, which has a doorway to the right and a 12-pane sash window at the centre of the gable on each floor, along with a side wall stack.

The interior largely dates from 1842, with some alterations. It includes box pews, some of which now block the former doorway and are contemporary but reused. The low pulpit and tall reredos-panel both feature neo-gothic tracery. The set fawr was altered in the later 19th century, likely when the schoolroom was added. The ceiling is flat plaster with decorative roses.

Local climate

Manse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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