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
23039
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/10/1976
Date of Amendment
29/03/2000
Name of Property
Dewstow House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Caerwent
Town
Newport
Locality
Dewstow
Easting
346787
Northing
188883
Street Side
NE
Location
In Dewstow about 1km north of the centre of Caldicot and situated on the north east side of Dewstow Road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
An early C19 villa which has a verandah added at a later date. It is said to have been built before 1804 by John Proctor who died in 1837 and to have had the verandah added in 1874. It was bought in about 1890 by the agriculturalist Henry Oakley (died 1940) who was mainly responsible for laying out the very elaborate gardens.
Exterior
An early C19 house of two storeys with a front elevation of three bays. Rendered and painted with a tiled (possibly concrete) gabled roof with flanking stacks. On the first floor there are three windows with plastic glazing in the form of French casements with small panes and overlight, and architrave frames. The balcony to the first floor has turned balusters to a balustrade supported by Tuscan columns. A round-headed doorway in the centre of the ground floor has a six-panelled door and plain fanlight, and there is a part glazed double door to each side of this; these have square heads in two lights. Blind gable ends to the main block. There are rear service wings, which have been modernised and extended with modern glazing.
Interior
Interior modernised on the ground floor but retains the semi-circular staircase with cast iron balustrade and moulded pine handrail. This is lit by a small arched window with coloured glass.
Reason for designation
Included as an early C19 villa with well preserved character which was occupied for a long time (c1890-c1940) by Henry Oakley, a well known horticulturalist and breeder of shire horses.
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