Brynmill Lodge
The May/June edition of bay featured Brynmill Lodge on the front cover, so I thought this month we’d have a look at the history of the property and the people who have lived there. Brynmill Lodge stands at the junction of Mumbles Road and Brynmill Lane and is unlike any of the other properties that are situated around Singleton Park, the former home of the Vivians . Brynmill Lodge has three floors and one room per floor. The architect of the property was Henry Woodyer , who also design-ed other buildings for John Henry Vivian . These buildings included St Paul’s Church, Sketty; Stewart Hall; and the alteration to Parc Wern. All these buildings were built around the same time during the 1850s. So, what makes Brynmill Lodge special, compared to any of the other lodges? It was suggested that the original scheme also included a second lodge, which was going to be built on the east side. However, this wasn’t the case, as the surviving plans show no matching tower, but they d