The Look-out Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 February 1998. Bridge.
The Look-out Tower
- WRENN ID
- iron-soffit-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Bridgend MP: Chris Elmore (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1998
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- The Look-out Tower, Porthcawl Harbour, Porthcawl
- OS grid reference
- SS 818 763
- Coordinates
- 51.47396, -3.70199
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Look-out Tower is a circular tower that is slightly tapered, rendered, and painted white. A small gap in the rendering reveals the original stone rubble, which was limewashed. The tower has a flat roof made of concrete, supported internally by cast iron piers on the seaward side. This side features four large glazed viewing panels that have been replaced. There are two protruding ledges at eye level on each side, the purpose of which is unknown. On the upper floor to the right, there is a small recessed light that appears unaltered and faces towards the town. At the rear, there are doors on each level with iron lintels, and the ground floor has a keystone and a large stone step. A timber flight of steps leads to the first floor. The roof is equipped with sea guidance lights and flag poles.
Local climate
The Look-out Tower 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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