Water Trough opposite Porth-y-pentre is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 December 2005. Water trough.
Water Trough opposite Porth-y-pentre
- WRENN ID
- white-keystone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2005
- Type
- Water trough
- Address
- Water Trough opposite Porth-y-pentre, Llanover, Abergavenny
- OS grid reference
- SO 314 080
- Coordinates
- 51.76647, -2.99501
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The water trough opposite Porth-y-pentre is a roadside niche constructed from random rock-faced conglomerate rubble, with some stones neatly squared. Inside the niche, there is a rough stone trough and a water spout, along with a panel above it that is no longer legible. The coping of the niche is ramped up using rough stones.
Local climate
Water Trough opposite Porth-y-pentre 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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