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. Bridge. 3 related planning applications.

Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones

WRENN ID
wild-roof-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Swansea
Constituency
Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Bridge
Address
Mercer Offices, including Brunswick Health Centre & Douglas-Jones, 144 St Helen's Road, Castle, SA1 4DE
OS grid reference
SS 647 927
Coordinates
51.61742, -3.95513
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 arranged as two pairs plus one, the center left block features a later five-light cantilevered Tudor bay that connects the porches. The building stands three stories high, plus an attic and basement, with stucco facades that have two bays linked by single-story porches. It has slate roofs with gabled dormers and central panelled stacks.

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