Pearl Assurance House is a Grade II listed building in the Torfaen local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 June 2019. Commercial. 1 related planning application.
Pearl Assurance House
- WRENN ID
- fallow-mortar-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torfaen
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 June 2019
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Pearl Assurance House, Pontypool, Pontymoile, NP4 6JL
- OS grid reference
- SO 282 008
- Coordinates
- 51.70185, -3.03977
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pearl Assurance House is a commercial building designed in a refined neo-classical style. It features a stone façade on a brick structure with a parapet roof. The building stands three stories tall, with a stair and entrance bay set back to the right. The ground floor consists of three separate shop units, while the main two floors provide office accommodation, highlighted by two continuous bands of Crittal glazing and wide three-pane windows with plain vertical bands in between. The name 'PEARL ASSURANCE HOUSE' is displayed in raised lettering above the entrance, which is located to the right on the ground floor. This entrance features double doors with a raised granite surround, three steps leading up to a plinth, and the name 'PEARL ASSURANCE HOUSE' above. A plaque for Pearl Assurance is located on the side. Above the entrance is a tall stair window with vertical glazing, a raised surround, and a balcony railing.
The shop units have only been partially inspected and retain their division into three units, but they have been largely altered in detail. The main entrance leads to a hall with a narrow open well stair made of polished stone, featuring a metal handrail and U-form flat bar balusters. Some wall tiles, lighting, and other fittings remain. The first and second floors consist of open plan office spaces, which have been largely refitted but retain the original layout.
Local climate
Pearl Assurance House 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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