Gymnasium, Raglan Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 February 1993. Gymnasium.

Gymnasium, Raglan Barracks

WRENN ID
hollow-gable-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 February 1993
Type
Gymnasium
Address
Gymnasium, Raglan Barracks, Barrack Hill, Allt-Yr-Yn
OS grid reference
ST 304 890
Coordinates
51.59608, -3.00559
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Gymnasium at Raglan Barracks is a single-storey building constructed from coursed rubble with freestone dressings and rock-faced secondary elevations, topped with a slate roof. The front of the building has undergone significant alterations, while the side and rear elevations feature distinctive multiplane metal frame windows. The right-hand end has two sets of two windows, splayed back to the rear, while the left-hand end has three windows, and the rear has seven windows. Inside, there is a simple metal trussed roof.

Local climate

Gymnasium, Raglan Barracks receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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