Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 June 2023. Presbytery.
Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban
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- blind-ledge-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 2 June 2023
- Type
- Presbytery
- Address
- Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban, Wainfelin, Pontypool, Pontymoile
- OS grid reference
- SO 278 012
- Coordinates
- 51.70513, -3.0457
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The presbytery at the Catholic Church of St Alban is a three-storey building constructed from squared coursed brown limestone rubble, topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof that features plain ridges, matching the adjoining church. It has windows with flat lintels and cusped imposts, stone cills, and large pane replacement windows, with the upper floors showcasing leaded lights. The ground floor features wide double cross windows.
The building has a rectangular shape with six bays facing Conway Road, where the left three bays are advanced and gabled. There is a gabled entrance porch in the left-hand bay of the right section, complete with kneelers and coping on the gable; the gap at the apex may have once held a cross finial. The round-headed doorway is adorned with dressed voussoirs in the arch and has a replaced door with a plain glazed fanlight. Additionally, there is a later door, possibly inserted, at the left end of the gabled section, which is connected to a modern carport.
The left return elevation is rendered and features a central bay with a single window above and a cross window below, both fitted with leaded glazing, along with a narrow window to the right. The rear elevation has not been inspected.
Local climate
Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban 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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