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
27116
Building Number
12
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/11/2002
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
12 High Street
Address
12 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353349
Northing
193835
Street Side
S
Location
High Street has ascending numbers downshill on S side to Beaufort Square, then uphill from number 24 on N side.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably early C19 with bays added later. Photograph of 1902 shows scored render and 12-pane sashes. Was part of Herbert Lewis department store.
Exterior
Georgian/early C20 frontage. Shop with accommodation above, attached at one side. Roughcast with eaves cornice and slate roof. Three storeys. Two-window range: top floor has former sashes replaced in UPVC, first floor has twin shallow rectangular bays with Gothic-arched lights, 3 to front and one each side. Ground floor shopfront with fluted pilasters and brackets supporting the fascia cornice; doorway to right. Long side elevation to lane with some sashes in reveals; at base some of the protective stones formerly installed to prevent wheels scoring the building. Rear windows replaced in UPVC.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an originally Georgian building with later added bays and a good shopfront. Group value especially with number 13 adjacent, and other listed buildings in High Street.
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