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
2591
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/11/1972
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Griffin House
Address
8 Upper Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353510
Northing
194000
Street Side
N
Location
Atttached to the Montague Almshouses, opposite the junction with St Mary Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18/early C19.
Exterior
Later Georgian townhouse, attached at each side. Walls rendered with joint-lined stucco; slate roof with wooden eaves cornice. Three storeys. Two-window range of 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars in reveals, tripartite to ground floor left. Semi-circular headed doorway up two steps to right has 6-panelled door, arched fanlight with radial glazing, wooden doorcase with open triangular pediment on brackets, side pilasters. Deep plinth. Large external water cistern to rear.
Interior
Interior reported as retaining a Chinoiserie-inspired staircase.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-Georgian townhouse. Group value with other listed buildings in Upper Church Street and St Mary Street.
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