Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
2272
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/10/1965
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
Glendower House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
350860
Northing
212761
Street Side
N
Location
An important residential street to the south of the town centre of Monmouth.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Built 1843-4 as an Independent Congregational Chapel and designed by William Armstrong of Bristol. It bears a close stylistic relationship to the same architect's Brunswick Chapel in Brunswick Square, Bristol. The chapel, long closed and in a state of dereliction, was repaired and converted into a modern house in 2002-3 by Graham Frecknall and Tony Sully.
Exterior
Stuccoed and painted throughout, with Welsh slate roofs. Rectangular neo-Classical chapel. Two storeys, three bay facade flanked by two full height plain pilasters. Centre bay is recessed, flanked by two massive rounded 3/4 columns topped by Corinthian capitals. Double ground floor doors with a narrow round headed window set in rustication above, small paned window. Side bays have matching first floor windows and plain panels beneath, framed by architraves. Cornice and panelled parapet broken at centre by balustrading. The roof is not visible from the street.
The return elevations have four similar windows on the upper floor and these are framed by more pilasters on either side of the outer windows. There is a cornice, but only a low parapet.
The rear elevation shows a single storey hipped roof extension, with circular windows on either side in the upper floor. The roof is seen to be slate and to have an M-profile.
Interior
The interior, which had been derelict, was repaired and converted into a modern house in 2002. It was not inspected at resurvey, but is known to retain the entrance lobby, original stairs, gallery and is essentially complete in its main components.
Reason for designation
Included in a higher grage for its architectural interest as an outstanding 1840s classical chapel which has retained its character despite conversion to domestic use.
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
Export