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
23110
Building Number
46
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/2000
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
46 Commercial Street
Address
46 Commercial Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Easting
331218
Northing
187846
Street Side
E
Location
About 60m S of junction with Charles Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Circa 1900; perhaps by Morgan & Hodge, architects, who built the similar 144 Commercial Street opposite.
Exterior
Dutch Renaissance style. Three storeys plus attic; red brick with bathstone dressings. Gable has segmental pediment enclosing bathstone arch; broad oriel window on bracket. Outer bays have unusual cranked 2-storey oriels with stone half domes, and 2 narrow sash windows to each floor. On second floor, between oriels, 2 sash windows; on first floor, central bow window of 2 lights. Second floor windows with bathstone architraves; first floor windows with blocking and entablature with frieze.
Interior
Reason for designation
Well-designed building in Dutch Renaissance style on Newport's main commercial street.
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