Swimming Pool and Gymnasium at West Monmouth School is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 August 1997. Gymnasium, swimming pool.
Swimming Pool and Gymnasium at West Monmouth School
- WRENN ID
- leaning-facade-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1997
- Type
- Gymnasium, swimming pool
- Address
- Swimming Pool and Gymnasium at West Monmouth School, Cwm Fields, Pontypool, Pontymoile
- OS grid reference
- SO 283 003
- Coordinates
- 51.69723, -3.03806
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Swimming Pool and Gymnasium at West Monmouth School is a two-storey building constructed of hard red brick with a Welsh slate roof featuring ridge tiles and a stone band at the first-floor cill level. This five-bay structure clearly reflects its function through its architectural design. The three central bays are distinguished by pilasters, with the ground floor being blind and featuring a segmental arcade. The upper floor has large windows with segmental heads that fully occupy the central three bays, while the outer bays are also blind. The windows are wooden framed with three lights and two mullions, and each pane is divided into four sections. The end gabled elevation has stepped buttresses and a stone verge, while the opposite gable end features another large window with a flat head.
Inside, the building remains largely unaltered, with a tiled swimming pool located on the ground floor supported by a ceiling held up by steel girders. The gymnasium above is simple, featuring a wooden floor and a panelled ceiling.
Local climate
Swimming Pool and Gymnasium at West Monmouth School 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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