Old Cottage/Storehouse in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 September 2000. Storehouse.
Old Cottage/Storehouse in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 September 2000
- Type
- Storehouse
- Address
- Old Cottage/Storehouse in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, Portskewett, Newport
- OS grid reference
- ST 498 880
- Coordinates
- 51.58936, -2.72481
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Cottage/Storehouse, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, is a small rectangular building dating from the late medieval period. It is constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone with red brick upper walls and a pantiled roof. The entrance elevation, partly hidden by ivy, features a central 19th-century plank door set in a 19th-century opening, which indicates the current floor level. To the right, there is a low window that has been blocked, corresponding to the original floor level. Above this, a large square opening for a hayloft door is visible in the 19th-century brickwork. The two gable ends reveal the original cottage's gable, indicating that it was a low one-and-a-half storey structure. The rear elevation is blind and clearly shows the original walling along with the heightening that occurred in the 19th century. The roof is plain and lacks chimneys, reflecting the building's conversion to non-domestic use during that time.
Inside, features that remain include the fireplace and window from the original cottage, as well as the noticeable thickness of the stone walls, which highlight how the floor level was raised during the conversion. The roof structure consists of two bays with a principal truss featuring a collar, staggered purlins, secondary rafters, and a ridge piece, all intact up to the mid-19th century.
Local climate
Old Cottage/Storehouse in Churchyard of Church of St Mary receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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