Clock Tower at Clyne Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 October 1999. Tower. 4 related planning applications.
Clock Tower at Clyne Castle
- WRENN ID
- leaning-minaret-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Gower MP: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1999
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Clock Tower at Clyne Castle, Mumbles, SA3 5BW
- OS grid reference
- SS 614 906
- Coordinates
- 51.5979, -4.00239
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Clock Tower at Clyne Castle is a narrow, round tower constructed of rubble stone and topped with an embattled parapet resting on a corbel table. A low doorway on the north side features a pointed head and a ribbed door. A string course runs above the doorway. A spiral staircase ascends within, lit by three narrow slit windows. The clock face, positioned to face the yard north of the house, is black with gilded lettering and was made by Leroy & Son of London.
Local climate
Clock Tower at Clyne Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 21 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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