Nos. 53 & 55 Pen-y-dre is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 2001. House. 2 related planning applications.
Nos. 53 & 55 Pen-y-dre
- WRENN ID
- nether-steeple-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff North MP: Anna McMorrin (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 2001
- Type
- House
- Address
- Nos. 53 & 55 Pen-y-dre, Rhiwbina Garden Village (S), Rhiwbina, CF14 6EJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 157 809
- Coordinates
- 51.52124, -3.21569
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Nos. 53 and 55 Pen-y-dre are a pair of semi-detached houses built in the Rhiwbina Type 12 style. They are two storeys tall and feature roughcast render that has been replaced and painted. The houses have hipped slate roofs with a central brick chimney. The central bay is advanced and has a hipped roof, containing original 16-pane sash windows. In the outer bays, there are small square windows located at the eaves. Each house has a doorway beneath a flat hood, with the original door at No. 53 and a later door at No. 55.
Local climate
Nos. 53 & 55 Pen-y-dre sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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