Mounting Block outside Penallt Old Church is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 February 2001. Mounting block.

Mounting Block outside Penallt Old Church

WRENN ID
swift-tower-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Monmouthshire
Constituency
Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 February 2001
Type
Mounting block
Address
Mounting Block outside Penallt Old Church, Monmouth, Trellech United
OS grid reference
SO 522 106
Coordinates
51.79241, -2.69412
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The mounting block outside Penallt Old Church is made of sandstone conglomerate and is set upright in the ground. It features three steps that are cut into the narrow face of the block.

Local climate

Mounting Block outside Penallt Old Church 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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  2. Lychgate and Stile to the Churchyard of Penallt Old Church (St Mary's) Grade II 47 m
  3. Cross in the Churchyard of Penallt Old Church (St Mary's) Grade II 78 m
  4. Tomb of Thomas Prichard in Churchyard of Penallt Old Church (St Mary's) Grade II 81 m
  5. Penallt Old Church (St Mary's) Grade I 91 m
  6. Milestone '2 miles to Monmouth' Grade II 700 m
  7. Former Baptist Chapel Grade II 1.4 km
  8. Milestone '1mile to Monmouth' Grade II 1.4 km
  9. Troy House Grade II* 1.5 km
  10. The Old Vicarage Grade II 1.5 km