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
85168
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/06/1952
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
8 Priory Street
Address
8 Priory Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Monmouth
Town
Monmouth
Locality
Easting
350802
Northing
212968
Street Side
SE
Location
Part of the group on the principal street leading north and east from the town square.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Early/mid C19, built soon after 1837, probably by G V Maddox, as a part of the Monmouth street improvements of the time. Although an early alteration it seems unlikely that the shops are an original part of the design.
Exterior
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as part of an important piece of early C19 town planning in the Monmouth centre.
Group Description
Nos. 7-9 (consec) Priory Street
Stucco fronted and painted convex terrace of three double depth houses with shops, Welsh slate roofs. An almost balanced design where No. 8 has a temple front with Ionic pilasters through the upper floors and a pediment over, while Nos. 7 & 9 have one bay set slightly forward, but No. 9 has an additional bay over the entry to the lane. Three storeys, nine windows to whole on first floor, No. 7 has two windows, No. 8 has three and No. 9 has four. Varied ground floors. No. 7 has a doorcase with broken pediment, radiating fanlight and 6-panel door; early C20 double shopfront. Fanlight and panelled door to No. 8 also but plain arched doorway, and good early C19 shopfront. No. 9 has a later C19 shopfront and the set forward bay continues to the ground with a recessed arch with imposts and a window with radiating head; to the left of this is the plain arch to the lane. First floor windows all 6 over 6 pane sashes with stone cills. Second floor ones are 3 over 3 pane. Low pitch roof with rendered stacks. Plain rear elevations.
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