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
86834
Building Number
59
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/11/2005
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005
Name of Property
Bella Vista, including garden walls, gatepiers and railings
Address
59 Monmouth Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
330217
Northing
213708
Street Side
W
Location
One of a varied group of villas and small houses on the main access route into Abergavenny from the south and east and about 5-600m from the town centre.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Built probably in 1905-6 and designed by Edwin Foster, who moved in during that year. It will have been built by his brother Thomas Foster. They designed, built and developed many houses in Abergavenny.
Exterior
This house is the right hand one of the pair.
Rear elevation not inspected.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a specially interesting c1900 housing development of definite character designed and built by the Fosters, a local family of architect and builder, and lived in by Edwin Foster, the former.
Group Description
Nos. 59 and 61 Monmouth Road, including front street walls
Built of squared rock faced red sandstone rubble with Bath limestone dressings and natural slate roofs with stone stacks. Each house is L-shaped with a rear service wing. Two storeys and attic, balanced asymmetrical pair, each house has three bays facing the street. The outer bays have square two storey bay windows with a 3-light mullion-and-transom window to each floor; these rise to a battlemented parapet. The second bay is recessed and has a 2-light window on each floor. The central abutting bays are gabled and have two storey canted bay windows with 4-lights and a plaster panel between. The gables above are actually large dormers each with a 6 over 2 pane sash. Steeply pitched roof with large shared central stack. The return elevations have lean-to porches and another large stack, service wing behind.
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