The George PH is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 August 1997. A Edwardian Public house.

The George PH

WRENN ID
long-sentry-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torfaen
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 August 1997
Type
Public house
Period
Edwardian
Address
The George PH, Pontypool, Pontymoile
OS grid reference
SO 281 009
Coordinates
51.70259, -3.04086
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The George Public House is an Edwardian Baroque style building constructed from red brick, featuring orange glazed bricks on the ground floor, ashlar dressings, and a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall and has frontages on both Commercial Street and Market Street, with an entrance located on the canted corner.

The elevation facing Commercial Street consists of three bays. The ground floor is defined by a plinth and strip pilasters that frame the bays, which contain large square windows with etched glass, likely modern replacements. The right half of the central bay features a double door with a rectangular light above it, flanked by its own pilasters. A stone band above carries the capitals, with contemporary lettering inscribed between. The pilasters extend to the first floor, where they flank paired windows with brick mullions and top opening lights. Corinthian type capitals support a stone entablature. The centre features an oriel window, supported by a large decorated corbel, with a two-light window that has a stone mullion set forward and a stone frame. The second floor mirrors the outer windows but lacks pilasters, while the central window is of the Venetian type. A projecting stone modillion cornice, broken in the centre, leads to a shaped gable, and the roof is plain. The canted corner originally had a doorway, now blocked, with a keyed head and an open segmental pediment. Above this is a stone cartouche, followed by the entablature; the second floor is blind, but the cornice is rounded.

The elevation on Market Street features two additional bays, designed similarly. The ground floor includes pilasters, a bar window, and a doorway. The first floor has three windows arranged in a 2:1 configuration, while the upper floor contains two windows with a gap in the centre.

The interior of the ground floor has been modified to feature a late 20th-century 'Victorian' reproduction bar.

Local climate

The George PH 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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