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
2602
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Marlborough House including forecourt railings and gate
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353078
Northing
193940
Street Side
W
Location
In the middle of the listed range of 5 buildings, stepped forward from Castledale and York House.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid C19.
Exterior
Small detached Georgian house, now offices. Walls of joint-lined roughcast; shallow pitched hipped slate roof with boarded overhanging eaves. Two storeys and basement. Two-window range of horned 12-pane sashes in reveals with narrow glazing bars, 9-pane to basement. Door with flat surround in middle of side elevation. Forecourt railings and gate have spear finials, plain gatepiers. Steps up to right and down to left.
Interior
Interior converted to offices. Staircase with stick balusters rises from side doorway with rooms each side. Some rooms retain shutters and panelled reveals. 4-panelled doors.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late Georgian townhouse. Group value with other listed buildings in this range.
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