Cottage against the south-east wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 September 1982. Cottage.

Cottage against the south-east wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 September 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage against the south-east wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat, St Donats, Cowbridge / Y Bont-Faen, St. Donats
OS grid reference
SS 933 680
Coordinates
51.40137, -3.53415
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This cottage is located against the south-east wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat. It features local lias limestone random rubble walls and a Welsh slate roof, complete with a stack at the south-west gable and stone copings. The building is single storey, and there may be a basement at the south-west end.

The front elevation, facing south, includes two single light windows with chamfered frames and a 4-centred arch doorway with a ledged door to the right. There is a flight of steps leading down to the high south-west gable wall, which has a single light window on the main floor. Additionally, there is a single light window that illuminates a fireplace recess in the rear wall, which faces the churchyard.

The interior was not inspected during the resurvey, but a previous description noted a chamfered fireplace with a semi-elliptical head, and likely a garderobe beside it.

Local climate

Cottage against the south-east wall of the Churchyard of the Church of St Donat 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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