Seamouth Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 March 1999. Lodge.

Seamouth Lodge

WRENN ID
frozen-pavement-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Constituency
Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 March 1999
Type
Lodge
Address
Seamouth Lodge, Dunraven Park, St. Bride's Major
OS grid reference
SS 885 731
Coordinates
51.44609, -3.60488
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Seamouth Lodge is a Gothic-style, single-storey lodge constructed of random masonry and topped with a slate roof. The main section runs east to west, with a lower south wing at the front, offset to the left. There is a gabled porch at the southeast corner. A short north wing is present, along with a long, low service range extending north from the northwest corner. The west side of the lodge is adjacent to the boundary wall of the park. It features tall stone ridge stacks on the main range and at the angle of the south wing and porch, both with polygonal shafts, as well as a smaller stack on the north service range. Architectural details include raised copings on the gables supported by kneelers, quoins, and stone dressings. The windows are wooden lancets with ogee heads, often paired, and include opening lights.

The front (south) gable has paired lancets beneath a relieving arch. The porch to the right is slightly recessed and features a doorway with a flat stone lintel and curved shoulders. The boarded door is studded and has fleur-de-lis style hinges.

The main range has a gable at the west end, with paired lancets under a relieving arch. The park boundary wall runs north from the northwest corner, directly in front of the long low service wing. There are no openings on the west side of the south cross wing.

The east end of the main range is canted beneath a hipped roof with splayed eaves and stone copings, featuring a single lancet on each face, as well as one on the east side of the north wing. The porch gable faces east and includes a window with three ogee heads beneath a square hoodmould and a relieving arch, with quarry glazing. An inset tablet with a fleur-de-lis top is located at the apex. The east side of the long service range has a planked door to the right and a single light window to the left. The north wing also has a hipped roof.

A semi-octagonal gate pier with a swept pyramidal cap is integrated into the southwest angle of the lodge, forming the north side of a pedestrian gateway into the park. At the time of inspection on January 22, 1998, there was no access to the lodge. It is said to contain the crest of Caroline of Dunraven set into the wall inside the porch.

Local climate

Seamouth Lodge 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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