Old Market House (Second Thoughts) is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 July 1962. Market house.

Old Market House (Second Thoughts)

WRENN ID
sunken-rubble-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 July 1962
Type
Market house
Address
Old Market House (Second Thoughts), Pontypool, Pontymoile
OS grid reference
SO 281 009
Coordinates
51.70306, -3.04107
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Market House, built in the early 18th century, is a two-storey structure. The ground floor, which was likely once open, has been completely modernized with a glass and aluminium shopfront. The upper floor is rendered and painted, topped with a Welsh slate roof. On the first floor, there is a pediment or gable featuring a central window on the left and an additional window to the right. Both windows are plain six over nine early 19th century sashes, although the bottom six panes of the lower sash have been replaced with a single pane. The tall and narrow shape of the openings suggests they have not been altered and likely originally had cross-framed casements. The left window is flanked by inscription panels on brackets with pedimented heads, displaying inscriptions in English on the left and Welsh on the right. Above this window is a moulded plaster diamond. The building features a timber modillion cornice and a plain roof.

At the rear, there is a projecting two-storey hipped roof block at a lower level, which may be a later addition. The upper floor has two blind windows, while the side elevation includes a door and a plain window. The interior was not inspected during the last survey in October 1996, except for the ground floor, which has undergone significant alterations.

Local climate

Old Market House (Second Thoughts) receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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