Town Gate is a Grade I listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 6 December 1950. A Medieval Town gate.
Town Gate
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1950
- Type
- Town gate
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Town Gate, Chepstow
- OS grid reference
- ST 532 937
- Coordinates
- 51.64099, -2.67656
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Town Gate is a medieval structure made of rubble stone with ashlar dressings. The main outward-facing side features a wide pointed arch that has been widened, along with an embattled and coped parapet supported by a corbel table. There are three decorative carved stone heraldic tablets, with the central one being restored, renewed, and painted. Below these tablets, two restored lancet windows with glazing bars are located above the main pointed central arch. On the inward-facing side, there are two small 19th-century oculi with brick surrounds, a similar archway, and an additional smaller side arch that spans the footway on the north side. Access to the room above the gate is provided by a stone spiral staircase.
Local climate
Town Gate 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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