Abergavenny Castle (ruins) is a Grade I listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 May 1952. A Medieval Castle (ruins).
Abergavenny Castle (ruins)
- WRENN ID
- far-landing-finch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Castle (ruins)
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SO 299 139
- Coordinates
- 51.81988, -3.01779
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Abergavenny Castle is a ruin built entirely of Old Red sandstone rubble, which is roughly coursed. The earliest work on the Gatehouse may be distinguishable from the rest of the structure, while part of the work on the south-west Tower exhibits a more ashlar quality. The castle features circuit walls that include the remains of two towers and the main Gatehouse. The walls stand at a height of 5 to 6 meters, with the polygonal south-west Tower being the most impressive, further enhanced by a large and fine copper beech tree that grows within it. There are also fragmentary remains of interior features, including two garderobes located in the south-west Tower.
Local climate
Abergavenny Castle (ruins) 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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