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
2349
Building Number
19
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/08/1974
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
19 St. Mary's Street
Address
19 St. Mary's Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Monmouth
Easting
350908
Northing
212869
Street Side
SW
Location
Part of a group in the important residential street leading south-east from the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early to mid C19 front on a possibly C16 building. It is said to have been altered in 1860 when the bar frontage was perhaps added. It was still the 'Black Lion Inn' in 1995. The arrangement of the windows and their relatively small size demonstrates the ancient origins of this house, as do the roof pitch and the position of the chimney. The frontage today does not accord with the drawing in Kissack (p 46) but there is no indication that the additional bay shown to the right ever existed.
The building is undergoing extensive repair and full reroofing.
Exterior
Stuccoed and painted, with stuccoed quoins, parapet with distinctive volute scroll to left end, and slate roof. Single depth range parallel with the street. Two storeys, three windows. On the ground floor, tripartite sash at right hand with 3 over 6 panes flanked by 1 over 2. Public house front in the centre with 4-light window in the middle, panelled doors at either end, pilasters, fascia and cornice. Plain sash window with 3 over 6 panes at left hand end. First floor has three sash windows with 3 over 6 panes; these are arranged both unevenly in distance apart and on different levels. Cornice and parapet, steeply pitched roof with stack to the right situated behind the right hand doorway. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not available at resurvey, but it is said to retain some sub-medieval roof timbers.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a much altered former public house with definite character and as one of Monmouth's historic inns.
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