The Old Dispensary is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 June 1952. Monument. 1 related planning application.
The Old Dispensary
- WRENN ID
- vast-flue-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1952
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Old Dispensary, 24 St. James' Square, Monmouth, NP25 3DN
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 129
- Coordinates
- 51.81301, -2.71064
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Dispensary is a three-storey, double depth central entrance house, dating from the 18th century. It features a stucco front that is painted, with cill bands and a Welsh slate roof. The façade has five windows and a central doorcase adorned with a broken pediment and three-quarter fluted Doric columns. The entrance includes a six-panel door topped with a radiating bar fanlight. The windows are early 19th century sashes, some with original glass, arranged as six over six panes on the lower floors and three over six on the upper floor. A modillion cornice runs along the top, and the hipped roof is accented with spike finials at the corners and large brick stacks on either wall.
The rear elevation has not been seen. Although the interior could not be inspected during the resurvey, it is reported to have retained 18th century panelling in the front room to the right of the entrance. The staircase features an 18th century balustrade that has been reused on a more modern flight of steps.
Local climate
The Old Dispensary 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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