The Britannia Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 November 2005. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Britannia Public House
- WRENN ID
- spare-slate-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 November 2005
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Britannia Public House, 51 Frogmore Street, Abergavenny, NP7 5AN
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 144
- Coordinates
- 51.82395, -3.02039
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Britannia Public House is a 19th-century building that features a rendered and painted exterior, a slate roof, and red brick chimney stacks. It has an L-shaped plan, with the main section facing the street and a service wing at the rear. The building stands three storeys tall and has two windows on the front facade. The ground floor showcases horizontal banding in the render, a central door with a small hood supported by brackets, and wide windows on either side. The upper floors have plain rendered quoins and an eaves cornice. The first floor is fitted with 8 over 8 pane sash windows, while the second floor has 4 over 8 pane sash windows. The roof is plain with gable stacks.
On the right side, there are small later windows on the ground and first floors of the gable end, along with a door and two windows, plus two additional windows above in the rear wing. A small blind gable is present in the roof.
During an inspection in June 2017, it was noted that the building had been partially stripped during refurbishment works. The main exterior wall on the first floor facing Frogmore Street retains vertical posts and a wall plate from close stud timber framing, which has been altered by the addition of current window openings. The first and second floor structures in the left bay are likely from the late 18th century or early 19th century. Additionally, there is a re-used 17th-century door on the first floor landing, and the roof structure has been dated to 1807.
Local climate
The Britannia Public House receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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