Drinking Trough and Wall opposite Main Entrance Gateway to Tal-y-coed Court is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 October 2000. Drinking trough and wall. 3 related planning applications.

Drinking Trough and Wall opposite Main Entrance Gateway to Tal-y-coed Court

WRENN ID
narrow-moulding-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
27 October 2000
Type
Drinking trough and wall
Address
Drinking Trough and Wall opposite Main Entrance Gateway to Tal-y-coed Court, Monmouth, Whitecastle, NP25 5HR
OS grid reference
SO 419 149
Coordinates
51.8303, -2.84367
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a drinking trough and associated boundary wall dating to the 18th century, situated opposite the main entrance gateway to Tal-y-coed Court. The boundary wall is curved, constructed from rubble stone laid in random courses, and it curves inwards to the central ornamental drinking trough. The rectangular trough is raised on stone blocks at each end, and its faces are decorated with gadrooning. A shaped headstone is set into the back wall, featuring a floral spray at the top and two encircled rosettes below. Above the spout is a carved scroll displaying the Welsh motto “DWER IN RHYDD BAWP” which translates to ‘Water is free to everybody’.

Local climate

Drinking Trough and Wall opposite Main Entrance Gateway to Tal-y-coed Court receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • 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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