Lighthouse on Breakwater Porthcawl Harbour is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 1991. Lighthouse. 2 related planning applications.
Lighthouse on Breakwater Porthcawl Harbour
- WRENN ID
- lost-bronze-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Bridgend MP: Chris Elmore (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1991
- Type
- Lighthouse
- OS grid reference
- SS 820 762
- Coordinates
- 51.4731, -3.69976
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The lighthouse on the breakwater at Porthcawl Harbour is a Grade II listed structure made of cast iron, painted black and white. It stands on a hexagonal stone base, which is set on a rectangular stone plinth located just behind the outer sea wall. The tower is tapered and features a battered plinth, with small vents bolted midway up each side. There is a hinged metal door with a handle and catches. At the top, there is a moulded band supporting a replaced bolted circular domed cap with a small round finial. The lighthouse has curved bolted frames for glazed panels and is awaiting repairs following storm damage in 1996. A metal ladder leading to the door is no longer present.
Local climate
Lighthouse on Breakwater Porthcawl Harbour sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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