Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2182
Building Number
37
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
No.37 Old Market Street, and attached railings
Address
37 Old Market Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337607
Northing
200526
Street Side
S
Location
Facing into New Market Street opposite the former Town Hall, slightly set back from the pavement.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 frontage to an originally much earlier building.
Exterior
Georgian fronted town-house attached at each side, stepped back from number 35. Cement-rendered, channelled rustication and channelled voussoirs to ground floor; slate roof incorporating gabled dormer behind parapet with coping, continuous with number 39; tall brick end stacks. Two storeys and attic. Single window range: small 9-pane sash to dormer,12-pane segmental-headed horned sash with narrow glazing bars in shallow reveals to first floor Large 3-light C20 window to ground floor; deeply recessed round-headed doorway to right with 6-panel door and fanlight with radial glazing. Slender iron railings and gate with urn and spoon finials on a stone kerb.
Interior
Interior reported as retaining early stone fireplace.
Reason for designation
Listed as a townhouse retaining its historic fabric and character. Group value with other listed buildings in Old Market Street and New Market Street.
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