Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 June 1992. Chapel.

Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal

WRENN ID
young-lancet-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 June 1992
Type
Chapel
Address
Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal, Abergavenny
OS grid reference
SO 305 143
Coordinates
51.82361, -3.00927
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a rectangular timber shelter located in the grounds of Pen-y-fal. It features a gabled roof that is covered with new broadly corrugated steel sheeting and has ironwork cresting. Each side of the shelter has three cambered openings, with the central openings being broader and full height, while the other openings are boarded below and have mullioned openings above on the long sides. The pillars that divide the bays are decorated with guttae and fluting. There are planked benches for seating areas on all four sides.

Local climate

Rectangular Shelter in the grounds of Pen-y-fal 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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