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
23972
Building Number
2  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
08/09/2000  
Date of Amendment
08/09/2000  
Name of Property
Croes-bleddyn Cottages  
Address
2 Itton Road (B4293)  

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Devauden  
Town
Chepstow  
Locality
Itton  
Easting
349327  
Northing
196079  
Street Side
NE  
Location
Opposite the junction between Itton Road (B4293) and the road leading up to Itton Church and Itton Court and set back about 50m from it.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Pair of cottages built c1901 for the Curres of Itton Court (qv), and probably designed by Guy Dawber.  

Exterior
There is a small single storey extension.  

Interior
Not seen at the time of resurvey.  

Reason for designation
Included notwithstanding modern windows as unusually fine estate cottages built for the Curres of Itton Court and probably designed by Guy Dawber.  

Group Description
Croes-bleddyn Cottages Random limestone rubble with stone slate roof. Mirrored pair of one-and-a-half storey cottages in the Cotswold style typical of Dawber. Doors flank projecting gabled bays each with a 3-light window on either floor, 8 panes flank 16 below, 6 + 6 + 6 above. These are replacement plastic units in elliptical stone heads, although superficially similar in appearance the units of the two houses differ in detail. The gables meet in the centre between the cottages with a downpipe and a tall stack behind. The rear elevation shows some changes, Both houses have an attic dormer and the original tall kitchen stacks.  

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