The Kymin Roundhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 June 1952. Tower. 4 related planning applications.
The Kymin Roundhouse
- WRENN ID
- drifting-sill-woodpecker
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1952
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- The Kymin Roundhouse, Monmouth
- OS grid reference
- SO 527 125
- Coordinates
- 51.80913, -2.68652
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Kymin Roundhouse is a 19th-century circular stone tower with a castellated design, consisting of two storeys, each containing a single room. The tower features six over six pane sash windows on the north-west and south-west sides, along with an additional window on the first floor facing south-east, which are believed to be aligned with specific objects in the view. It has a flat roof that once supported a telescope for the benefit of the Club members.
On the north-east side, there is a small two-storey residential extension with a hipped and catslide roof, which includes a tall narrow sash window and a standard window, along with an oeuil-de-boeuf below. There is also a single-storey extension at the angle of the building, featuring a 6-panel door with the top two panels glazed and an oeuil-de-boeuf on the side wall.
Inside the tower, the ground floor contains a kitchen, while the first floor has a dining room. The interior provides plain residential accommodation for the tower keeper, with a staircase located in the extension.
Local climate
The Kymin Roundhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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