Tower at SW corner of churchyard, attached to Tredegar Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 August 2003. Tower.

Tower at SW corner of churchyard, attached to Tredegar Arms

WRENN ID
kindled-chapel-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newport
Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn MP: Ruth Jones (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 August 2003
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
ST 276 870
Coordinates
51.57765, -3.0448
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The tower, located at the southwest corner of the churchyard and attached to the Tredegar Arms, is constructed from purple squared rubble stone with grey sandstone ashlar dressings. It stands two storeys tall and features string courses and an embattled parapet on the south and east sides. The east side has two truncated chimneys. The front of the tower includes a depressed-arched chamfered doorway on the left and a narrow chamfered rectangular light on the right at ground level. On the first floor, there is a three-light mullion-and-transom window. The interior has been gutted and is roofless, built against the east end wall of the inn.

Local climate

Tower at SW corner of churchyard, attached to Tredegar Arms 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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