Wern Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 February 2003. Cottage.

Wern Tower

WRENN ID
carved-paling-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 February 2003
Type
Cottage
Address
Wern Tower, Llangollen, Glyntraian
OS grid reference
SJ 256 392
Coordinates
52.94585, -3.10855
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Wern Tower is a two-window cottage dating from the 19th century, built of rendered rubble stone with slate roofs and 19th-century brick stacks. The left end features a stack in a projection supported by a raked buttress, while the right end has a second stack. Beyond this stack is an additional unit of rubble stone, likely added later, with a slightly recessed front wall. The rendered section has a boarded door located slightly to the right of center, which is sheltered by a gabled porch hood. Flanking the door are casement windows, with a three-light window on the left and a two-light window on the right. The upper storey has two gabled dormers, each fitted with late 20th-century two-light casements. The recessed unit on the right includes a two-light metal casement window in the upper storey. The north gable end features two pairs of two-light windows at ground floor level, with a metal casement on the left and a wood-framed window on the right. There is a 20th-century panelled door at the rear of the rubble unit, accompanied by a wooden casement window to its left, which is protected by a corrugated asbestos lean-to roof. To the right, there is a stone lean-to with a small window on the north side and a 20th-century window on the west side, connecting to a stable range that extends west at a right angle.

Inside, there is a central stair hall with reception rooms on either side. The room on the left features a large stone fireplace with a cambered timber lintel that has a slight chamfer. The ceiling includes a cross beam and a spine beam, both with shallow chamfers, which meet at the center, along with similar joists. The room on the right has not been entered.

Local climate

Wern Tower receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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