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
86868
Building Number
30
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/02/1974
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005
Name of Property
House, including forecourt walls and railings
Address
30 Merthyr Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329513
Northing
214435
Street Side
SE
Location
Right-hand house of a pair on the street line to SW of the junction with Brecon Road.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Early/Mid C19 pair of houses, probably 1840s, shown on the town plan of Abergavenny of 1853, and with little alteration since. It is shown on the 1844 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Return wall is painted and has two sash windows on the ground floor and one above.
Rear elevation not inspected.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as part of a well-preserved group of small scale early C19 housing close to the junction with Brecon Road.
Group Description
Nos. 28 and 30 Merthyr Road
Local sandstone rubble walls with red brick dressings, natural slate roof with brick stack. Rectangular double depth plan with entrances on the outside of the pair. Front elevations of two storeys and cellar, two bays each. Short flights of steps lead to pedimented wood doorcases with panelled pilasters, fielded panelled reveals, rectangular fanlights and 6-panelled doors partly with fielded panels. Sash windows 8 over 8 panes below and 6 over 6 panes above. Hipped roof to pair, with centre shared brick stack.
Two small forecourts with red brick dividing wall enclosed at outer ends and along street by brick walls with coping; low and slender contemporary railings with uprights with peaked finials set diamond-wise; wall to No. 30 is rendered; short flight of steps from street to forecourt on either side of dividing wall.
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