Former SE Tower at Ewenny Priory (house) is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1998. Tower.

Former SE Tower at Ewenny Priory (house)

WRENN ID
stubborn-render-sable
Grade
II*
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 913 777
Coordinates
51.48824, -3.5669
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Former South East Tower at Ewenny Priory is a rectangular tower that is now roofless and surrounded by a raised garden. The original ground level is still visible, along with the adjoining footings of the original south precinct wall and the battered base of the tower. The wide south front of the tower, which was once embattled, features arrow loops and a string course below. There is a single segmental pointed arched opening beneath the string course, which has a wide ledge likely related to its conversion into a dovecote. Similar openings are found on the west and east sides.

On the north side, there is a narrow pointed arched entrance with two chamfered orders, leading down from the garden.

Inside, the tower contains a complete set of stone nesting boxes that reach up to the battlement level, which is corbelled to the east and west. There are two protruding stone ledges for perching. The nesting boxes were created by extending large flat stones from the rear wall and supporting them with stone blocks at alternating points on each storey, with rubble walls forming the nesting holes. The interior has a curved shape across the angles, creating an almost oval space. The entry has a stone floor, while the interior is now earth. The walls are capped with stone at the top.

Local climate

Former SE Tower 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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