Old Barn at Mathern Palace is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2000. Barn.

Old Barn at Mathern Palace

WRENN ID
cold-merlon-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 October 2000
Type
Barn
Address
Old Barn at Mathern Palace, Chepstow
OS grid reference
ST 523 908
Coordinates
51.61431, -2.68973
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Barn at Mathern Palace is a barn constructed from roughly coursed local rubble and topped with a pantile roof. The entrance elevation features four bays across two storeys. Starting from the left, there is a plain doorway with a partly glazed door set beneath an oak lintel, with a 3-light oak framed mullioned leaded lattice casement window above it. Next is a 5-light window of the same style, with an oak cill and lintel, found on both floors but with slightly different glazing patterns. Following this is another plain doorway with a partly glazed door under a stone lintel, and a 3-light casement window on each floor, similar to the previous ones. These openings appear to have been added to the existing wall. The roof is plain, featuring an external stack on the right gable and a central stack in the second bay. The gable end has 2-light windows. The street elevation still shows the central cart doors, which are the only significant visual reminder of the building's agricultural past. Above and below these doors is a 5-light mullioned window, and there is a small lean-to extension on the right. The interior was not accessible during the last survey.

Local climate

Old Barn at Mathern Palace 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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