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
12515
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/04/1992
Date of Amendment
14/04/1992
Name of Property
Victoria Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Newport
Town
Locality
Easting
205534
Northing
239039
Street Side
Location
Situated at E end of terraced row, overlooking triangular space between West and Upper West Streets.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
House is said to have been built for the Berriman family: either Richard Berriman (1813-47) or his wife Eliza Evans (1809-81). Attractive timber porch is paralleled on Major House, Upper West St and less elaborately elsewhere in Newport.
Exterior
Early to mid C19 house in squared and banded brown stone with slate roof and stone end wall stacks. Two-storey, double fronted with 2 large 12-pane sashes above, cambered stone voussoirs and slate sills and centre door below flanked by canted bay windows. Applied slate plinth, slate paving in front and patterned white and grey cobbles to street edge. Canted bays are broad 4-16-4 pane with cornices, wide slate sills and rendered bases. Centre door and doorcase are of unusually fine quality: 6-panel door under plain fanlight, 4 fielded panels and 2 flush panels, similar panelling to reveals and panelled arch soffit; slate step. Elaborate rustic classical open pedimental porch on 2 thin columns with pilaster responds. Between capitals and pediment are ornately carved blocks with classical leaf motif below and flower or husk motif above. Pediment is open with modillion brackets within and fretted bargeboards to outer edges.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with adjoining listed items.
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