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
23112
Building Number
144
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/03/2000
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
144 Commercial Street
Address
144 Commercial Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Easting
331178
Northing
187857
Street Side
W
Location
About 50m S of junction with Charles Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Bears date 1900; by Morgan & Hodge architects.
Exterior
Elaborate Dutch Renaissance style. Three storeys plus attic; red brick with bathstone dressings enriched by scrollwork, garlands, brackets. Gable has segmental pediment enclosing relief panel; 5-light window with central 3 lights articulated by end columns supporting cornice; sash glazing. Scroll balustrade over broad 2-storey oriel of 3 lights, central lights stressed by curved pediments enclosing cartouches; sash glazing. Outer bays have turrets in same style rising from first floor to attic level where they become polygonal louvres with copper domes. Modern shop front on ground floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Flamboyant well-designed building in Dutch Renaissance style on Newport's main commercial street.
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