The Grange, former stables and coach house to Dyffryn House is a Grade II listed building in the Neath Port Talbot local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 December 2003. Stables, coach house. 1 related planning application.

The Grange, former stables and coach house to Dyffryn House

WRENN ID
waiting-chamber-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Neath Port Talbot
Constituency
Neath and Swansea East MP: Carolyn Harris (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 December 2003
Type
Stables, coach house
Address
The Grange, former stables and coach house to Dyffryn House, Dyffryn Clydach, SA10 7BQ
OS grid reference
SS 734 996
Coordinates
51.68142, -3.83188
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Grange is a former stables and coach house associated with Dyffryn House, built in the 19th century. The building features lofted stables and wings of the former coach house arranged at right angles, constructed from rock-faced Pennant stone and topped with slate roofs. The main range is tall, with two storeys, and showcases coped shouldered gables and a close-eaved roof.

The central entrance is broad and Tudor-arched, framed by rock-faced stone voussoirs and a deep hoodmould, situated beneath a stone-faced circular clock. Above, there is a large segmental-pointed window with three lights that breaks the eaves in the steep centre gable, which also has an eroded date plaque and a metal weather-vane dated 1862. Each side of the main entrance features small shouldered gables above narrow single light windows with cambered heads. The glazing in these windows was replaced during a 20th-century conversion, now featuring flat, thin glazing bars with diagonal bars in the top panes. On the ground floor, there are two large cambered-headed windows on each side of the entrance, also with 20th-century glazing. All windows are surrounded by rock-faced stone with flush sills, and a small 20th-century window has been inserted under the eaves to the left.

The two single-storey ranges that extend forward appear to have originally served as coach houses. The left range has later infill of painted brick between the original stone piers, while the right range retains similar rock-faced rubble stone walling, featuring a cambered-headed door and window with 2-light glazing, and a broad coach entry that has been infilled with stone and glazing beneath a timber lintel. The building has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Grange, former stables and coach house to Dyffryn House 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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