Mathern Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 October 2000. Vicarage.

Mathern Vicarage

WRENN ID
little-balcony-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 October 2000
Type
Vicarage
Address
Mathern Vicarage, Chepstow
OS grid reference
ST 523 908
Coordinates
51.61472, -2.68902
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Mathern Vicarage is a 19th-century building constructed from coursed squared sandstone rubble with near ashlar dressings and topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring red brick chimneys. The structure is a large square block with a hipped roof and projecting double gables at each end. It has two storeys and attics, designed in a very plain style with mullioned windows.

The entrance elevation consists of five bays. From the left, there is a 2-light mullioned window with a drip moulding above, followed by a blind window above it. Another similar window appears next, along with one in a half gable above. There is a tall stair window with a transom, featuring two panes in each light, and a small window on either floor to the left of this. The entrance has a plain door with a 3-light window above and a 2-light window in the gable above, along with a blind bay. The double gable elevations at either end have 3-light windows on the ground floor and 2-light windows above, with small extensions partially masking the east end.

The garden front is arranged in three bays with a central gable. From the left, there is a canted bay window with a transom, consisting of 1 + 3 + 1 lights, and a small 3-light window above. In the centre, a 5-light mullion-and-transom window is flanked by a larger 3-light window above, while to the right are two small 3-light windows. These small windows appear to provide light without a view into the garden, suggesting they serve as windows for servants' rooms, with the ground floor one likely being the kitchen. There is a single rooflight on both the front and rear of the building, and two tall ribbed brick stacks with a smaller one in the centre create an 'olde English' effect.

The interior was only partially visible during the resurvey. It features a centrally planned layout with original joinery and some fireplaces, although it is very plainly finished. The staircase is made of painted pine and has a dogleg design with turned balusters and stop-chamfered newel posts topped with ball finials.

Local climate

Mathern Vicarage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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