Kiln block at former Bryn Brickworks is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1999. Kiln block.

Kiln block at former Bryn Brickworks

WRENN ID
second-lantern-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Aberafan Maesteg MP: Stephen Kinnock (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1999
Type
Kiln block
Address
Kiln block at former Bryn Brickworks, Cwm Cerwyn
OS grid reference
SS 828 916
Coordinates
51.61175, -3.69342
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The kiln block at the former Bryn Brickworks is a long, low structure with battered brick walls, featuring a pair of intermittent downdraught kilns that are currently in a ruinous condition, with vegetation growing on the upper surface. The south wall includes a recessed bay with two wide arched openings leading to the kiln chambers; both arches are partially blocked and have narrower lintelled doorways added. To the left of the recessed bay, the south wall has three arched stoke holes and wickets, with one featuring a later lintel, while to the right there are two wickets and stoke holes. The corners of the wall are chamfered, and there are additional stoke holes present. The west and east end walls each have one stoke hole and one wicket. The north wall contains five stoke holes and seven wickets. Each kiln features an L-shaped tunnel-vaulted chamber.

Local climate

Kiln block at former Bryn Brickworks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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