Upper House is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 October 1976. House.

Upper House

WRENN ID
hollow-wicket-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 October 1976
Type
House
Address
Upper House, Caldicot, Newport
OS grid reference
ST 482 889
Coordinates
51.59683, -2.74836
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper House is a two-storey house with attics, likely dating from the late 19th century. The exterior is rendered, probably over rubble stone, with only the quoins on the northeast gable exposed. The later wing may be constructed of brick, and the roofs are covered with Welsh slate. The front elevation of the southwest wing features five bays and a gabled roof with flanking stacks. On the first floor, there are five sash windows with glazing bars only in the upper parts, and the center window has a cambered head. The attic features a sash window with a gable above it. The ground floor has a sash window with glazing bars in the upper part on either side of a central cambered-headed doorway, which has a half-glazed panelled door. These features are characteristic of the late 19th century.

The southwest elevation facing the road includes a chamfered pointed stone doorway typical of the 16th century leading to the cellar, which has an original boarded door that has been cut down due to a significant rise in ground level. Above this doorway, the wall is mostly blind, except for a small garret window with a casement. There is a red brick stack on the gable above. The cross-wing to the right of the main elevation has quoins on the southeast gable end and features a two-storey canted bay window with a slate roof and plate glass sashes. The gable end has plain bargeboards, and there is a red brick stack on the right-hand elevation, which also includes a modern attached porch and a sash window above. A small extension with quoins is present at the rear, although the rear elevation was not seen during the resurvey.

During the resurvey, the interior was only partially observed. The northeast room on the ground floor has a large chimney breast with the fireplace removed, and a stopped and chamfered centre beam of minor importance. A similar beam is found in the left-hand ground floor room. There is a replacement staircase, and it is noted that there are stopped beams in the first-floor rooms, along with mainly modern roof trusses. The cellar room features a double ceiling with a stopped and chamfered centre beam, but these details were not fully visible during the resurvey.

Local climate

Upper House 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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