Shambles is a Grade II* listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 1974. Market hall.
Shambles
- WRENN ID
- far-railing-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1974
- Type
- Market hall
- Address
- Shambles, Monmouth
- OS grid reference
- SO 508 129
- Coordinates
- 51.81344, -2.71487
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Shambles is a Grade II* listed building constructed from coursed and squared local red sandstone, featuring brick vaults. It consists of an arcade with twenty-four tall, narrow arches separated by battered buttresses. Each arch has impost blocks and a semi-circular shape, containing a doorway with a rectangular vent above it, a segmental head, and a lunette with a stone cill above. A dentil cornice supports the street balustrade above the arcade. Access to the arcade is provided by a ramp at the north-east end, while the south-west end features a steep flight of stone steps leading up to the rear of the former Market Hall.
Originally, the spaces behind the arcade, beneath the vaults that carry Priory Street, were designated for stall holders in the meat trade. These areas are now unused and derelict, along with some remaining slaughterhouse fixtures.
Local climate
Shambles 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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