Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. Terrace of classical houses. 1 related planning application.

Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones

WRENN ID
stubborn-stone-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Terrace of classical houses
Address
Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones, 141 St Helen's Road, Castle, SA1 4DE
OS grid reference
SS 647 927
Coordinates
51.61729, -3.95544
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Mercer Offices, which include the Brunswick Health Centre and Douglas-Jones, are a terrace of classical houses built in the mid 19th century. Originally, the terrace was arranged as two pairs plus one. The left block features a later 5-light cantilevered Tudor bay that connects the porches. The building has three storeys plus an attic and a basement, with stucco fronts consisting of two bays linked by one-storey porches. The roofs are covered with slate and include gabled dormers and central panelled stacks.

There is an eaves cornice and a blocking course, with plain pilasters above the main cornice and Corinthian pilasters below. The windows have architraves and cornices supported by volute brackets on the ground floor. Notably, there is a large later splayed bay that extends through all storeys to No 148, and a two-storey splayed bay on the left side. The sash windows feature small-pane glazing, except for those at Nos 139, 140, and 147. The side porches are adorned with Ionic columns in antis, and there are panelled doorcases underneath with steps leading up. The rear of the building has long ranges.

Local climate

Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones 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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