House, including attached railings is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 November 1974. House.
House, including attached railings
- WRENN ID
- nether-cellar-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- House, including attached railings, 8 Pen-Y-Pound, Abergavenny
- OS grid reference
- SO 297 146
- Coordinates
- 51.82575, -3.02125
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a house with attached railings, built in the 19th century. The exterior is roughcast rendered and painted, topped with a natural slate roof. It has a double depth central entry plan and stands two storeys high with three windows. The entrance features a six-panel door with a flat hood supported by small brackets and wood architraves. The windows are plain six-over-six pane sashes, with the upper floor windows being smaller. The roof has a low pitch, with eaves supported by paired brackets, hipped to the right, and a stack located on the left ridge and right wall. Plain spike wrought iron railings are mounted on a dwarf stone wall, with double gates at either end of the main elevation. The rear elevation has not been inspected.
While the interior was not inspected during the resurvey, it is reported to have a straight flight stick baluster stair in the hall.
Local climate
House, including attached railings 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
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- Radon risk assessment
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