Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2173
Building Number
22
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/02/1953
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
Riverside House, and attached iron railings
Address
22 New market Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337552
Northing
200565
Street Side
W
Location
In the centre of the lower W range, opposite the war memorial.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Present house built 1835, by the Nichol/Wyatt family of architects who lived at adjacent Ynys Hafod, for Judge Falconer.
Exterior
Early C19 house. Stucco-rendered and painted with slate roof incoporating two gabled dormers; rendered end stacks, taller to right. Symmetrical frontage; central gabled bay breaks forward slightly. Two storeys. Three-window range of sashes in reveals, 6-pane to first floor, tripartite to ground floor, 6-pane to dormers. Steps up to central doorway incorporating archivolt with keystone extending to stringcourse and wide impost bands; recessed door with fluted quarter-round columns to surround, 3 horizontal panels and fanlight above. Plinth. Wrought iron railings with spear and urn finials and scrolled supports on a low kerb with central double gates.
Interior
Interior has wide central hall with stairs rising to rear with wreathed handrail and stick balusters. Shutters, 6-panelled doors. One marble fireplace and servant room fireplace.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved late Georgian townhouse. Group Value with other listed buildings in New Market Street.
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