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
27090
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
1 Bank Street
Address
1 Bank Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353279
Northing
193808
Street Side
W
Location
Part of the Towngate range and attached to number 30 High Street, overlooking the square at the top of Bank Street
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Early C19 on an earlier site. Bank Street was the original main road, formerly regarded as part of Hocker Hill Street and later called Back Street. The square which this and other low numbered buildings face was called Pye Corner. Shopfront is a C20 interpretation of traditional style.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above, attached on both sides. Walls are roughcast rendered, deep moulded eaves cornice, pyramidal pantile roof. Two storeys. Single window range: 4/4-pane sash in exposed frame to top floor, 8/8-pane sash to first floor. Ground floor has projecting shopfront bay with billet moulding to fascia and brackets.
Interior
Shop on 3 storeys. Rafters visible in upper storey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a Georgian house/shop, part of the continuous listed range of Bank Street. Group value with the towngate and upper parts of High Street.
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