N tower and attached stretch of precinct wall at Ewenny Priory (house) is a Grade I listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1998. Tower.

N tower and attached stretch of precinct wall at Ewenny Priory (house)

WRENN ID
brooding-gable-hawthorn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 March 1998
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
SS 911 778
Coordinates
51.48893, -3.5685
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The north tower and attached section of the precinct wall at Ewenny Priory is a Grade I listed building. It is constructed of stone rubble with some ashlar and is currently roofless, with the walls not reaching their full height and the battlements missing. A stone arch on the south side connects to the stable courtyard, and there are footings or remains of the precinct wall at the rear angles on both sides. The tower has two storeys and a heavily splayed base.

On the north elevation, there is an arrow loop at ground level and a ruined window above it. To the east, there is another arrow loop, a trefoil-headed light on the first floor, and a corbel table above. On the west side, there is a former window at ground floor level. The south side features an incomplete wide arched entrance at ground floor, with the core of the wall previously extending at right angles to the left; to the right, there is an arch leading to the stable courtyard, along with remains of a first-floor doorway that provided access to the wall walk. Nearby, there is a cross base.

Inside, there is a stone vaulted room with deep and wide embrasures for the windows, which include stepped seats. The walls show scars of former ribs that were supported on heavy corbels.

Local climate

N tower and attached stretch of precinct wall at Ewenny Priory (house) 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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