Y Gwesty is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 December 2005. House.
Y Gwesty
- WRENN ID
- north-alcove-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 December 2005
- Type
- House
- Address
- Y Gwesty, Llanover, Abergavenny
- OS grid reference
- SO 314 079
- Coordinates
- 51.76571, -2.99482
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Y Gwesty is a two-storey house built in a double depth plan, featuring a continuous outshut at the rear. The exterior is completely painted over local rubblestone and topped with natural slate roofs. The house consists of two sections, with a total of five windows across the front. The entrance is located in the central bay, and there is a main stack immediately to the left. The entrance features a part glazed door with a small flat hood above it. The ground floor has 8 + 8 pane casements, while the upper floor has 6 + 6 pane windows with elliptical heads. The roof is plain, with the left section having a ridge that is slightly lower than the right. There is a truncated stack on the right gable and a rebuilt stack situated between the two sections of the house. The left side of the building has a 2-light window on the upper floor and is smooth rendered. The rear elevation has been altered. The interior was not seen during the resurvey.
Local climate
Y Gwesty 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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