Lodge at entrance to Howells School is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. School lodge.

Lodge at entrance to Howells School

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cardiff
Constituency
Cardiff West MP: Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 May 1975
Type
School lodge
Address
Lodge at entrance to Howells School, Llandaff, CF5 2YD
OS grid reference
ST 159 775
Coordinates
51.49074, -3.21191
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is a lodge at the entrance to Howells School, constructed from uncoursed squared lias limestone with Forest of Dean ashlar dressings and topped with a Welsh slate roof. The original section is one storey high, while a later extension at the rear is two storeys. Designed in a plain Gothic cottage style, the north-east elevation facing the street features one storey with two bays; the right bay is wider and gabled, containing a three-light mullioned window with a segmental relieving arch, while the left bay has a doorway with a pointed head. There is an oculus in the gable, coped gables, ridge tiles, and a stack on the rear wing. The north-west elevation, which faces the school entrance, has a gable end with a single light window and a two-light window behind in the cross wing. At the rear, the later two-storey extension is built in a similar style. The interior was not seen during the resurvey.

Local climate

Lodge at entrance to Howells School 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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