Penlan County Secondary for Boys was designed by Swansea Borough Architect, Herbert T. Wykes, and was first opened in 1956. In 1961 the school adopted the comprehensive system of education and became Penlan Comprehensive School. In 2003 the site became home to newly formed Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, to complement the existing Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr as the City and County of Swansea's second designated Welsh-language secondary school due to the rise in demand in Welsh medium education. The current school provides education for pupils 11-18 year olds.

Photographed during aerial reconnaissance by RCAHMW on 28th September 2011.

L. Osborne, 22nd March 2013. Updated by M. Powel, RCAHMW, October 2022.

Source: Holland and Holder, 'Advice to inform post-war listing in Wales: A report for Cadw', p.43; 'Schools to adopt comprehensive system in 1961', South Wales Evening Post, 9 March 1960.