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
2492
Building Number
12
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/06/1950
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Former Bell Hotel
Address
12 Bank Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353349
Northing
193899
Street Side
N
Location
In the lower part of Bank Street opposite the island bank complex, its former carriage entrance forming a gateway to Rifleman's Walk and carpark.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
C18, an inn from at least 1763 until its closure 1972. Was used as a court.
Exterior
Former hotel, converted to shops and offices. Walls of painted brick in Flemish bond; part felted roof with brick stacks behind parapet. Double-fronted with platbands and cornice; plinth . Four storeys. Four window range of sashes with segmental arched heads in exposed wooden frames: 9-pane to top floor, 12-pane to 2nd floor, 9/6-pane to first floor. Ground floor has two flat-headed canted wooden bay windows, that to left retains its sashes, that to right with plinth has replaced glazing. Central segmental-headed archway leads to rear of premises with panelled double doors (eight sunken panels); doors to shops in return on each side; rear passage doorway has bracketed hood extending from 3 heavy timber beams; the rings are post-hooks on which mail-bags were suspended. Rear elevation is rendered with similar cambered-headed sashes; stepped wings extend on E side.
Interior
Interior has staircases at each end. Retains some fireplaces with Adam-style motifs.
Reason for designation
Listed as a Georgian former hotel, part of the continuous listed range of lower Bank Street.
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