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
2790
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/01/1988
Date of Amendment
27/10/2000
Name of Property
Lodge at Main Entrance to Tal-y-coed Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Whitecastle
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Tal-y-coed
Easting
341957
Northing
214995
Street Side
Location
Approximately 2km E of Llantilio Crossenny, on the N side of the B4233. Lodge is set back from the road to left of entrance gateway to Tal-y-coed Court.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
In similar Queen Anne Revival style to Tal-y-coed Court, probably dating from c1882, and also presumably by F.R. Kempson.
Exterior
Late C19 estate lodge. Brick with ashlar dressings, hipped slate roof with painted eaves cornice. Tall centre stack has recessed panels with round arches, arch on S face with keystone, and moulded brick cap. Two storey range. Window openings have stone sills with ogee aprons. Ground-floor window-heads have segmental brick arches with cambered stone hoodmoulds and fluted keystones. E front is symmetrical. First floor has centre window with brick skewback lintel, keystone and 4+4 pane casement. Ground-floor has centre entrance doorway, projecting stone pediment with scrolled console brackets, and late C19 5-panel door. On each side are 8-pane sashes. Set back to right is two-storey hipped extension with 4+4 casement on first floor and flat roof addition on ground floor. Addition has C20 glazed door flanked each side by 2- pane windows, and segmental arched window with keystone and 8+8 pane window. S elevation, first floor has a 9-pane sash (left) and 12-pane sash (right). On ground floor, is a C20 window and C20 glazed double- doors. Set back (to left) is rendered extension which has C20 window on first floor, segmental arch with keystone below, and side lean-to.
Interior
Not seen at time of resurvey.
Reason for designation
Late C19 Queen Anne style entrance lodge designed by F.R. Kempson for the Tal-y-coed Estate, having important group value with other listed buildings at Tal-y-coed Court.
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