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.
Date of Designation
02/05/1980
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
34&35 High Street
Address
34&35 High Street
Unitary Authority
Newport
Location
Immediately to N of National Westminster Bank.
History
1887, by Habershon & Fawckner, architects, of Newport and London.
Exterior
Four storeys plus attic. Free Renaissance style. Bathstone and Pennant stone; sash glazing. Steep pavilion roof with pair of windows in pedimented dormer; iron crested parapet. Modern ground floor shop front. Three upper storeys articulated into 3 bays by pilasters and varied entablatures. Top floor has four rectangular windows to central bay flanked by 3 in outer bays. Second floor has three camber-headed windows in central bay flanked by 2 in outer bays. Similar arrangement to first floor where glazing has been simplified.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with adjacent National Westminster Bank.
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