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
2293
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/08/1974
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
Front Garden Railings & Gates to Nos.56 & 58
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
350627
Northing
212695
Street Side
SE
Location
At the front of the building. On Monmouth's principal commercial street which leads out of the town square going south-west to Monnow Bridge.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Probably c1800 and contemporary with the division of the house into two properties, Nos.56 and 58.
Exterior
A very fine screen of wrought iron garden railings, with, at centre, two gatepiers, double gates with swept top rail (No.58) and curved lamp overthrow with scrolls, and delicate lamp bracket. Smaller gate on the left for No.56. Spear head railings with dwarf stone wall and dog-bars.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included and highly graded for its special interest as exceptional ironwork in the Monmouth town centre and for its association with one of the finest individual houses.
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