Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Joseph is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. Presbytery.

Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Joseph

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Presbytery
Address
Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Joseph, Castle
OS grid reference
SS 655 944
Coordinates
51.63234, -3.94365
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The presbytery at the Catholic Church of St Joseph is a two-storey asymmetrical building, positioned slightly forward to the right. It features rubble facings with Bath stone dressings and quoins, topped by a hipped slate roof with end stacks. The building has two and three-light mullioned windows, with an arched head window on the ground floor to the left. There is a two-storey porch at the angle of the building. An attached range with a linking corridor extends to the left, connecting to the church and includes timber work bargeboards and a second doorway. The property is set behind a walled forecourt.

Local climate

Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Joseph 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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