Blaenwern is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1987. House, hotel.

Blaenwern

WRENN ID
winter-flint-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 November 1987
Type
House, hotel
Address
Blaenwern, Aberystwyth
OS grid reference
SN 583 824
Coordinates
52.42135, -4.08434
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Blaenwern is a reduced Gothic building featuring four storeys, an attic, and a basement, except for Balmoral, which does not have a basement. The two southernmost units have been combined to create the Sea Bank Hotel. The Sea Bank Hotel has a four-window front, while the Clarendon Hotel, Queensbridge Hotel, and Blaenwern each have a two-window front, all constructed with bull-nosed rubble facing. The end two houses, Abergeldie and Balmoral, have double fronted three-window snecked rubble elevations similar to those at the southern end of the terrace; Balmoral has been incorporated into Alexandra Hall of Residence.

All buildings feature freestone banding, and most fronts are colourwashed, with slate roofs, brick chimney stacks, and moulded eaves. Pitched roof dormers are present, some adorned with ornamental timberwork. The Queensbridge and Sea Bank Hotels have modern glazing, while the other buildings feature sash windows set in stilted headed recesses. The third-floor windows are arranged in groups of two and three, with splayed three-storey bay windows flanking the entrance. These bay windows are supported by cylindrical columns with annulettes and some have dentil cornices. The Queensbridge and Clarendon Hotels display Gothic trefoil punched aprons. The Sea Bank Hotel has a modern ground floor loggia, while the other buildings have arched entrances with uncarved headstops and fanlights above modern doors.

Local climate

Blaenwern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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