Coleg Corfa is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 1961. House. 1 related planning application.

Coleg Corfa

WRENN ID
winding-granite-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ceredigion
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 July 1961
Type
House
Address
Coleg Corfa, 38 Pier Street, Aberystwyth, SY23 2LN
OS grid reference
SN 581 817
Coordinates
52.41518, -4.08706
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Coleg Corfa is a three-storey building from the Regency period, featuring a two-window front made of scribed stucco. It is considered one of the finest examples of seaside architecture in Aberystwyth. The building has a slate roof, chimney stacks made of cement render, and wide bracket eaves that extend over full-height tripartite bow windows, which are adorned with fluted colonnettes and small pane sash glazing.

The central entrance is framed by a classical doorcase with fluted Doric columns and a bracket cornice, although it has a modern door. The right side of the building is finished in cement render and includes a chimney breast, while the rear is constructed of rubble and has a modern extension.

Local climate

Coleg Corfa 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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