Bryn Ucha is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 March 1996. Manse.
Bryn Ucha
- WRENN ID
- waiting-wicket-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1996
- Type
- Manse
- Address
- Bryn Ucha, Pentre Coch, Ruthin, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
- OS grid reference
- SJ 156 565
- Coordinates
- 53.09912, -3.26156
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bryn Ucha is a small, two-storey farmhouse built from local slatey rubble stone and topped with a slate roof, facing south. A tall brick chimney stack is located to the left of the house. A prominent feature is the sandstone plaque above the porch, which measures approximately 1 meter square and displays a heraldic shield with three roses, surrounded by decorative elements that include the date 1695. The plaque also features the initials P / E S and the Salusbury motto 'Na werth y nef / Er benthyg byd,' along with a decorative outer border and quarter-round moulding. Although the stone appears out of place, it seems original since there are no signs of disturbance around it.
The entrance doorway is located behind a 20th-century wooden porch. On the left side, each floor has a single 12-pane Yorkshire-sash window, and between the floors, a small window provides light to the staircase. The front of the house has been heavily whitewashed, while the west gable end is rendered. The rear features a single Yorkshire-sash window on the first floor and a ground floor window, which has lost its lights. There is also a small ground floor window to the right. The east gable end has no openings.
Attached at a right angle to the right of the porch is a small bakehouse, constructed of stone with a slate roof and featuring a brick chimney for the bread oven at the front gable. The bakehouse has a doorway leading towards the house and a blocked window at the rear.
The farmhouse has a single cell plan, with the only source of light coming from the window to the left of the porch. A partition separates a small rear scullery. The interior details are from the 19th century, featuring a wooden stair to the left of the entrance, simple boarded doors, and sawn timbers in the roof, although the upper storey is currently unsafe to enter.
Local climate
Bryn Ucha 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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