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
2861
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/12/1991
Date of Amendment
14/02/2001
Name of Property
Village Pound
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
St. Arvans
Town
Chepstow
Locality
St. Arvans
Easting
351570
Northing
197098
Street Side
NE
Location
At the north end of the village, set in the slope at the side of the road and almost opposite Bwythyn y Ffynnon.
Description
Broad Class
Miscellaneous
Period
History
The village pound was recorded in the C17, including a reference to repairs in 1697; it served as an enclosure for stray animals. Some later alterations.
Exterior
Pound contructed of sandstone rubble walls around three sides of the enclosure; approximately 1.25m to 1.5m high on inner side; rounded coping to inner side. Front wall adjoins garden wall to uphill end and includes drain outlet to south west corner. The pound is entered from the south east.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for historical interest as a surviving village pound and for its position at the upper boundary of a well-preserved example of a linear village. It is now a fairly rare survival in so complete a state.
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