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
2518
Building Number
32
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Three Tuns Inn
Address
32 Bridge Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353516
Northing
194142
Street Side
W
Location
Situated adjacent to the entance to Chepstow Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably early C18 though on an earlier site.
Exterior
Inn, a long range, attached at upper side. Painted roughcast walls; slate roof, part artificial, with slightly swept eaves and front lateral stacks centre and left and end stack right. A long 4-window range with, on first floor, uneven spacing of 8/2-pane horned sashes. Ground floor has C20 bar window to left with an etched glass pane at left, doorway with segmental arched hood on brackets, 2 sash windows, second doorway then further sash window. Rear elevation shows downhill unit with a separate roof pitch, small cross gable with external stack and single storey extension including one with a steep-pitched pantile roof.
Interior
Inner door also retains etched glass. Interior retains a few high chamfered beams.
Reason for designation
Listed as an C18 inn preserving its historic character. The Inn, Ashburne House, 33-50 Bridge Street and the Powis Almshouses form a continuous group of listed buildings. Group value also with other listed buildings in the lower part of Bridge Street and The Castle.
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