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
17252
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/03/1996
Date of Amendment
15/03/1996
Name of Property
Derwen Deg
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanfoist Fawr
Town
Locality
Govilon
Easting
326558
Northing
213652
Street Side
Location
Set in the slope on the southern side of Govilon, facing a lane off Station Road and sited below the line of the former railway. Set back behind rubble front wall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Said to have C17 origins but a late-Georgian remodelling gives the house its present overall external character.
Exterior
Pebbledashed, symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-window front with slate roof and gable end chimney to left, that to right has been removed; modern skylights. 16-pane sash windows with decorative cement keystones and surrounds. Central 4-panelled door, the upper two panes of which are glazed, is set within a simple open porch with cast-iron columns. 1-window to gable end.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (August 1995).
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest as one of the older houses in Govilon with well-preserved historic character.
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