Cwm Coke Works Northern Cooling Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Rhondda Cynon Taf local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 November 1993. Industrial tower.

Cwm Coke Works Northern Cooling Tower

WRENN ID
late-frieze-twilight
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Constituency
Pontypridd MP: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 November 1993
Type
Industrial tower
Address
Cwm Coke Works Northern Cooling Tower, Tynant, Pontypridd, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff
OS grid reference
ST 065 861
Coordinates
51.56615, -3.34914
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cwm Coke Works Northern Cooling Tower is an oblong structure measuring approximately 12 meters long and tapering slightly to a flat open top that reaches about 15 meters in height. The walls are constructed from vertically placed timber planks, which are supported by horizontal and diagonal members attached to an exterior frame made of vertical wooden posts. The base features spaced slats that allow for ventilation into the tower. A steam pipe enters the tower on the west face, with the draft from below causing the steam to condense.

Local climate

Cwm Coke Works Northern Cooling Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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