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
2504
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Castle House
Address
4 Bridge Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353492
Northing
194082
Street Side
E
Location
About 60m below the Powis Almshouses.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably early C19 frontage to earlier fabric. Ground floor and window heads formerly had engraved rustication and the building had a shopfront.
Exterior
House. Walls are rendered with roughcast and painted; machine tile roof with moulded eaves cornice, low rendered end stack. Three storeys and cellar. Two-window range of sashes in reveals:4/8-pane to top floor, paired 12-pane to first floor, 16-pane to ground floor. Central doorway has 6-panelled door with panelled reveals, pilasters and open pediment hood. Side uphill elevation has a shallow gabled bay with sloping roof, evidence of a formerly attached building; small 2-light windows to 3 storeys. Rear elevation has centre arched first floor sash window and central doorway with panelled door and overlight.
Interior
Interior retains some shutters and panelled reveals.
Reason for designation
Listed as a house with Georgian frontage on earlier fabric. Group value with other listed buildings in the upper part of Bridge Street.
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