Former Castle Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 September 1986. Corn mill, kiln. 4 related planning applications.
Former Castle Hotel
- WRENN ID
- ragged-portal-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bridgend
- Constituency
- Bridgend MP: Chris Elmore (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 September 1986
- Type
- Corn mill, kiln
- Address
- Former Castle Hotel, 1 Derwen Road, CF31 1LH
- OS grid reference
- SS 906 797
- Coordinates
- 51.50603, -3.57695
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Former Castle Hotel is a terrace of three 3-storey buildings, each featuring a 3-window wide front made of scribed stucco on Derwen Road. The central windows on the left side are blocked. The terrace extends around the corner to a 2-window front on Caroline Street. There is a deep band between the first and second floors, a swept-out cornice at the ground floor, and a plinth. The roof is slate, with brick and rendered chimney stacks. The windows are primarily recessed sash with small panes.
The classical detailing on the ground floor remains unaltered on the right side, showcasing a central bracketed doorway with a pediment and architraves around the windows, which have decorative keystones and raised lintels. However, the pediments have been removed and the positions of the doorways on the left have been altered, featuring panelled and glazed doors.
On the left side, there is a splayed angle with a clock. The Caroline Street front exhibits similar detailing. The rear of the building is finished in cement render and features mainly small-pane sash windows.
Local climate
Former Castle Hotel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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