Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 June 1992. Shelter.

Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 June 1992
Type
Shelter
Address
Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal, Abergavenny
OS grid reference
SO 305 145
Coordinates
51.82495, -3.00947
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The octagonal shelter, located in the grounds to the north of Pen-y-fal, is designed in a spa or seaside style. It features a timber structure with a roof made of new broadly corrugated steel sheeting. The roof is topped with a finial supported by corner pillars, which are designed as turned balusters in their upper halves. The eaves are decorated with boarded fretted valances. Inside, the shelter has four bays created by half-glazed screens with glazing bars. These screens are complemented by planked benches and splayed sides positioned midway between the main pillars, and the interior has a flat ceiling.

Local climate

Octagonal Shelter 5 in the grounds to north of Pen-y-fal 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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