Brynffrwd is a Grade II listed building in the Bridgend local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 October 1997. House.

Brynffrwd

WRENN ID
tattered-merlon-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bridgend
Constituency
Bridgend MP: Chris Elmore (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 October 1997
Type
House
Address
Brynffrwd, Coychurch, Coychurch Lower
OS grid reference
SS 937 794
Coordinates
51.50427, -3.53204
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Brynffrwd is a Victorian classical house that stands out from the nearby Gothic Revival Lodge. The building features a rendered, scored, and painted front, with pebble-dashed sides and a Welsh slate roof, complete with end stacks and decorative barge boards. It has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with three bays and two matching frontages. This design is said to have emerged from a disagreement about the house's orientation, as the original drive served both sides.

The symmetrical frontages showcase three 6/6 pane sash windows on the first floor, set in reveals with sills and heavy bracketed square hoodmoulds. The ground floor mirrors this with similar windows and a central doorway framed by pilaster strips and a simple moulded pediment. The entrance features a nine-panel door with a rectangular overlight that has patterned glazing bars, along with quoin strips and string and plinth courses. To the right, there is a small flagged service courtyard with limewashed stone service wings facing each other, each equipped with boarded doors and 8/8 pane sash windows in reveals.

On the Waterton Road side, the front garden is separated from the drive by a low wall with ashlar piers, iron gates, and railings. Inside, there is a clear distinction between the polite and service quarters. The polite area is located on the left of the central passage that connects the two doors, while the service quarters on the right include a kitchen, a servants' room, a china room, and formerly a separate staircase. Most rooms retain their wooden furnishings, including shutters, although the fireplaces have been removed. The hall features a staircase in the Victorian classical style.

Local climate

Brynffrwd sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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