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
2268
Building Number
17
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/08/1974
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
Monmouth Police Station
Address
17 Glendower Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
350879
Northing
212715
Street Side
SW
Location
An important residential street to the south of the town centre of Monmouth.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built as a house in the early to mid C19 but became a police station in the late C19, probably at the formation of Monmouthshire County Council in 1888 and this was probably when the lower range was added to the main house. The 1881 O.S. map shows the police station as being in Agincourt Street.
Exterior
Rendered and painted throughout, with Welsh slate roofs. Double depth plan with entry to the left for the Superintendent's house and right for the station. Three storeys, four windows to the house, 1 + 3. Ground floor windows and doorway on left side in semi-circular headed recesses, panel door and fanlight, 6 over 6 pane ashes with radiating heads. Impost band, band between floors. First floor windows tall 6 over 6 pane sashes, 3 over 6 above. Hipped roof with rendered stack on ridge to left. Two storey extension on right with bands running through (reported as single storey in 1974). Three semi-circular headed W + W + D on ground floor as before and 6 over 6 pane sashes above. Roof hipped to right.
Return walls are blind and rear elevation very altered and modernised in late C20.
Interior
Only the office was seen at resurvey. This is in the extension and has been completely modernised. It is reported that the main building has no historic features visible.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a handsome early C19 house with additional historic interest as a long term police station with strong group value.
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