Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 April 2021. Day centre.

Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat

WRENN ID
former-crypt-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Constituency
Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
8 April 2021
Type
Day centre
Address
Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat, Pontfaen, Cwm Gwaun
OS grid reference
SN 047 351
Coordinates
51.98071, -4.84476
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat is a single-storey U-shaped building, constructed with slightly battered walls made primarily of re-used or found rubble stone, and topped with a slate roof. The openings either reach up to the eaves or are set under segmental brick heads, while the windows and doors feature trapezoidal heads.

To the north, facing the main building, the short outer wings serve as store rooms with full-height doors; the left-hand door is framed by an old gate pier. The main range includes a window on the right that replaces an earlier door, and the entrance is offset within a recessed porch at the angle with the left-hand wing. This porch is supported by an irregular timber post and provides access to the two main rooms.

On the south side, the building extends into the adjacent field, resting on a projecting base with stone revetment. Each facade is treated differently, with windows designed to take advantage of the views over the Gwaun Valley. The south face features a wide three-light window below the eaves and a round-headed three-light window beneath a gable on the right. The southeast wall includes a three-light half-dormer with a faceted roof profile, while the southwest wall has another wide three-light window below the eaves and a full-height door.

Inside, the building is divided into two main rooms, along with the store rooms in the wings. The main rooms have whitened walls and squared roof beams.

Local climate

Day Centre at Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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