Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
2558
Building Number
3  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
30/05/1973  
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002  
Name of Property
,3,Moor Street,Chepstow,Chepstow,GWENT,  
Address
3 Moor Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Chepstow  
Town
Chepstow  
Locality
Chepstow  
Easting
353178  
Northing
193692  
Street Side
S  
Location
At the top of the listed range. Moor Street has ascending numbers downhill on S side to Town Gate and then uphill on N side from number 21.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early C19. When listed (1975) the left unit had a cast iron first floor balcony. The right unit was formerly the Water Board office, the water supply for Chepstow town controlled from the backyard. Formerly named Wansbeck House, later Olive House. The two units were joined as one office in late C20. Moor Street was originally part of the extended central market-area of Chepstow and housed the livestock market, this property roughly marking the western end.  

Exterior
Regency terrace house and attached unit, formerly two houses now offices. Built of rendered rubble with slate roof, shallow brick end stack. Left unit has three storeys below a shallow parapet. Single window range of 12-pane sashes with narrow glazing bars in reveals. Doorway with moulded doorcase with shallow bracketed hoode and semicircular overlight with radial glazing and 6-panelled door. Right unit has two storeys, rusticated render to frontage, hipped roof, 2-window range of margin-glazed sashes, tripartite to ground floor with raised rendered surround, doorway with 4-panelled door, bracketed hood and 3-pane overlight. Side elevation to upper unit fronts passage. Rear cross wing to downhill unit retains sashes.  

Interior
Interior retains two staircases. All converted to offices.  

Reason for designation
Listed as part of a Regency terrace. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.  

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