Old Custom House (Celtic Displays) is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 January 1999. Commercial building.
Old Custom House (Celtic Displays)
- WRENN ID
- nether-cinder-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Constituency
- Newport East MP: Jessica Morden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1999
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- Old Custom House (Celtic Displays), 74 Lower Dock Street, Stow Hill
- OS grid reference
- ST 315 876
- Coordinates
- 51.58328, -2.98963
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Custom House, now known as Celtic Displays, is a two-storey classical building. It features a stucco exterior with a rusticated ground floor. The building has five windows with sash glazing that includes marginal bars. The central section, which contains three windows, is set forward and topped with a pediment that displays the Royal Arms. There is a central arched doorway that is flanked by paired pilasters with blocking courses. The first floor has square-headed sash windows, while the ground floor windows have similar designs but with cambered heads.
Local climate
Old Custom House (Celtic Displays) 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
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- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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