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
2947
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/08/1974
Date of Amendment
18/01/2002
Name of Property
Garden Wall of The Mynde
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Caerleon
Town
Newport
Locality
Caerleon
Easting
334222
Northing
190465
Street Side
NE
Location
On the north east side of Castle Street at the southern end.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
This wall is a part of the wall constructed round The Mynde (now No 14 High Street) in 1839. The owner of the house and of Ponthir Plate Works, John Jenkins, was frightened by the possibility of violence and destruction of property by the Chartist Movement and built the wall right round his property to protect it. It is now in six different ownerships, but continues to be visually very important to Caerleon. Its fortress like appearance pays respect to the Castle Mound a large Norman motte within the enclosure.
Exterior
Coursed squared local red sandstone and conglomerate rubble battlemented wall rising from 4 to 5m in height. It is about 80m long and includes in the centre a rock faced white limestone postern gate projecting slightly forward from the main line of the wall and also rising above it. This incorporates a plank door in a 4-centred archway. Interior face not seen.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a fine wall built in 1839 with historic associations and group value with the surrounding buildings in the centre of Caerleon.
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