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
2139
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Ty Basket
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337844
Northing
201024
Street Side
Location
A corner position, just below Usk Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Former Turnpike toll house. The Monmouth road was constructed under the Usk Turnpike Act just prior to the Tithe Map of 1846 and visible on that. Previously the E route out of Usk was via Four Ash Street. Its original use finished in 1880.
Exterior
Small toll-house in cottage orne style. Built of stone rubble; hexagonal slate roof with thick terracotta ridge tiles and central brick stack. Single storey. One window with drip moulds and painted brick voussoirs to each of the two street-facing elevations; cross-framed glazing with leaded quarries. Angled central dootway with bracketed hipped roofed porch; 5-panelled door with side lights.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an interesting survival of this building type.
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