Old Entrance Gateway, River Wall and secondary Gate of Monmouth Boys School is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 August 2005. Gateway and wall.

Old Entrance Gateway, River Wall and secondary Gate of Monmouth Boys School

WRENN ID
sombre-plaster-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 August 2005
Type
Gateway and wall
OS grid reference
SO 510 127
Coordinates
51.81136, -2.71089
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Entrance Gateway, River Wall, and secondary Gate of Monmouth Boys School is a structure built from roughly squared and coursed old red sandstone, featuring dressed quoins and other dressings made from Forest of Dean sandstone. The castellated wall extends west along the A40 for about 75 meters from Wyebridge Street and then returns north to connect with the Design and Technology Centre on Wyebridge Street. This wall stands approximately 3 meters tall and is topped with coped castellations that rest on a band, both made of Forest stone.

The old entrance gate, which is now blocked, is positioned at an angle across the corner and features a 4-centred arch flanked by octagonal turrets with pepper pot tops. Above the arch, there are the arms of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, accompanied by supporting shields. To the left of the main gate, there is an arched footgate that includes a decorative double wrought iron gate dating from the 18th century, which was relocated from Haberdashers' Hall in London.

Local climate

Old Entrance Gateway, River Wall and secondary Gate of Monmouth Boys School 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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