Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
2532
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
24/03/1975  
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002  
Name of Property
Former Lloyds Bank Chambers  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Chepstow  
Town
Chepstow  
Locality
Chepstow  
Easting
353339  
Northing
193860  
Street Side
N  
Location
Large corner building forming the uphill side of Bank Square with frontage also to High Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
Probably C18 in origin though ground floor has been remodelled. Formerly Lloyds Bank.  

Exterior
Large corner Georgian range with frontage to High Street (though not numbered as such), two-unit elevation to Bank Square and rear elevation to Bank Street . Rendered. Three storeys and cellar. Windows are mainly 12-pane sashes in reveals, some openings blocked. High Street frontage has 4-window range, two blocked to first floor; elevation to Bank Square has separate hipped C20 tiled roofs to the two units bridged by a tall brick stack with arch for valley gutter; to left the windows are 6/6-pane horned sashes and stepped back to right longer 9/9-pane hornless sashes. Two-window range to Bank Street. Projecting ground floor C20 shopfront with round-arched openings blocked, extending round all of High Street and half of Bank Square and continuous with nos. 24 and 25 High Street.  

Interior
Ground floor is disused with all windows blocked. Formerly converted to ground floor shops and offices on two upper floors.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a building in a particularly dominating position within the historic centre retaining its basically Georgian character. Together with numbers 24-29 High Street forming a continuous group. Group value with other listed buildings in High Street and Bank Street.  

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