Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2191
Building Number
6
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1974
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
Old Bank House, and attached iron railings
Address
6 Porthycarne Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337640
Northing
200976
Street Side
E
Location
Adjacent to the former stable range of The Three Salmons Hotel.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19. Provincial Banking Corporation established here in 1860, previously occupied by a solicitor. The unusual columns were brought from Italy.
Exterior
Late Georgian villa with some Victorian alterations. Stucco rendered and painted; shallow-pitched hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and bracketed cornice. Two storeys. Three-window range of sashes in reveals with narrow glazing bars and shallow sills to first floor. Central round-arched doorway with panelled reveals and recessed part-glazed 6-panelled door with fanlight with radial glazing; later gabled surround with fluted columns with elaborate enriched capitals. Later large bay window to right with hipped slate roof and full-length windows, narrow recessed blind panels. High part-rendered rubble stone wall extends forward at left and joins with iron railings with leaf and urn finials on a stone kerb set between piers with vermiculated panels; double gates.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a Georgian house with Victorian embellishments. Group value with other listed buildings in Porthycarne Street.
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