Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 June 1998. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun House

WRENN ID
tall-forge-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 June 1998
Type
Barn
Address
Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun House, St. Bride's Major
OS grid reference
SS 910 748
Coordinates
51.46228, -3.57015
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The former byre at Castle-upon-Alun House is a single-storey building with an attic, oriented north to south. It is constructed of rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. The front of the building faces east and features a wide segmentally-arched opening on the left, which has stone dressings. The stonework appears to have been reused from another structure and includes roll mouldings. The sides are made of large stone blocks, with eroded broach stops on the right side. To the right of the archway, there are three stables, each with boarded double doors. The outer two doorways are supported by large concrete lintels, while the central doorway is adorned with a gabled pediment that has mouldings. There are also two hay loft hatches to the right and center, each with planked doors.

An exterior staircase with stone boundary walls leads to the south gable end, providing access to a boarded door into the attic. On the left side, there is a horned sash window set in a brick surround beneath a relieving arch. The rear of the building features a six-pane window in the center, which has a flat concrete lintel, with possible blocking to its left. The north gable end includes a small two-light window.

Inside, the stables are fitted with concrete partitions and floors.

Local climate

Former Byre at Castle-upon-Alun 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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