Griffin House is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 November 1972. Townhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Griffin House
- WRENN ID
- dim-rood-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 November 1972
- Type
- Townhouse
- Address
- Griffin House, 8 Upper Church Street, Chepstow, NP16 5EX
- OS grid reference
- ST 535 940
- Coordinates
- 51.64287, -2.67325
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Griffin House is a Later Georgian townhouse, built in the 18th century. It is attached to buildings on both sides. The walls are rendered with a stucco finish, emphasising the joints between the blocks, and topped by a slate roof with a decorative wooden eaves cornice. The house is three storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with a two-window arrangement. The windows are 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars, with a wider, tripartite window on the ground floor to the left. A semi-circular doorway, approached by two steps, is located on the right, leading to a six-panelled door. Above the door is an arched fanlight with radial glazing, and the doorway itself is framed by a wooden surround featuring an open triangular pediment supported by brackets and side pilasters. A deep plinth runs along the base of the building. A large external water cistern is situated at the rear of the property. Inside, the house is said to contain a staircase decorated in a Chinoiserie style, inspired by Chinese decorative art.
Local climate
Griffin House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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