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Latitude: 51.7051 / 51°42'18"N
Longitude: -3.0457 / 3°2'44"W
OS Eastings: 327838
OS Northings: 201227
OS Grid: SO278012
Mapcode National: GBR J3.3YCN
Mapcode Global: VH79S.5D7P
Plus Code: 9C3RPX43+3P
Entry Name: Presbytery at Catholic Church of St Alban
Listing Date: 2 June 2023
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 87890
Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
ID on this website: 300087890
Location: North-west of Pontypool town centre across the relief road.
County: Torfaen
Town: Pontypool
Community: Pontymoile (Llanfihangel Pont-y-moel)
Community: Pontymoile
Locality: Wainfelin
Built-Up Area: Pontypool
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
The presbytery was added c1870-1 and served as the house of studies until 1891 when the Franciscans left and the church was run by secular priests.
Presbytery, built of squared coursed brown limestone rubble with a hipped Welsh slate roof and plain ridges, matching the adjoining church. Windows with flat lintels and cusped imposts, stone cills, large pane replacement windows, those to the upper floors with leaded lights. Wide double cross windows to ground floor. Rectangular 3 storey 6-bay facing Conway Road, left 3 bays advanced and gabled. Gabled entrance porch in left hand bay of section to the right, with kneelers and coping to gable – gap at apex may once have housed cross finial. Round headed doorway with dressed voussoirs to arch. Replaced door with plain glazed fanlight. Later door (inserted?) to left end of gabled section with attached modern carport. Left return elevation rendered with central bay, single window above, cross window below, both with leaded glazing. Narrow window to right. Rear elevation not seen.
Not inspected.
Listed for its special architectural and historic interest as a good example of a C19 presbytery, built as a house of studies to serve a Catholic missionary church. Despite some loss of original detail, it retains original character and has high townscape value and group value with the adjoining church and surrounding walls.
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