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
10/08/2005
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005
Name of Property
9 St. Mary's Street
Address
9 St. Mary's Street
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
At the bend in the road part way along this varied residential street leading south-east from the parish church.
History
Late C19, possibly 1890s, shop premises, which has been very little altered.
Exterior
Smooth rendered and painted to street, rough rendered to left return, roof not visible from street. Single bay property, gable end to street. Two storeys, one window. The ground floor has a central canted shopfront with 4-light display windows with slim timber mullions, house entry to left and shop door to right, part-glazed doors with transom lights. Elaborate fascia carried on quoin pilasters with shaped brackets. The fascia has a triple frieze of scallops, hounds teeth and acroterion type embellishments with trefoil decoration. The centre of the fascia carries an oriel window with panelled apron and 2 over 2 pane sash flanked by narrow 1 over 1s with another on each return, moulded cornice and tented roof. Steeply pitched gable with two crow-steps on either side.
Interior
Plain shop premises.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a probably 1890s shop with an elaborate and well preserved shopfront of definite quality and character.
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