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
85218
Building Number
4  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
10/08/2005  
Date of Amendment
10/08/2005  
Name of Property
Henry Burton Court  
Address
4 Glendower Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Monmouth  
Town
Monmouth  
Locality
Monmouth  
Easting
350853  
Northing
212685  
Street Side
S  
Location
An important residential street to the south of the town centre of Monmouth.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
Built 1928 by Colonel Henry Burton.  

Exterior
 

Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.  

Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of a set of early C20 almshouses of definite character and an important historic building in the Monmouth town centre.  

Group Description
Nos. 1-6 (consec) Henry Burton Court, Glendower Street Built of coursed red sandstone rubble with Bath stone dressings and tiled roofs. Single storey with three houses in an L-shape on either side of the central archway. Large elliptical dressed arch with gable flanked by square towers pierced by round headed foot passages topped by octagonal lantern and and spire with bell-cast. Entrances on the north side under pent porches on timber supports, replacement casement windows. The main south elevation has a 3-light mullion-and-transom window in a gable for each house and a recessed doorway between. Small window in gable end. Steeply pitched roofs with brick stacks.  

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