Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2518
Building Number
32
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Three Tuns Inn
Address
32 Bridge Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353516
Northing
194142
Street Side
W
Location
Situated adjacent to the entance to Chepstow Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably early C18 though on an earlier site.
Exterior
Inn, a long range, attached at upper side. Painted roughcast walls; slate roof, part artificial, with slightly swept eaves and front lateral stacks centre and left and end stack right. A long 4-window range with, on first floor, uneven spacing of 8/2-pane horned sashes. Ground floor has C20 bar window to left with an etched glass pane at left, doorway with segmental arched hood on brackets, 2 sash windows, second doorway then further sash window. Rear elevation shows downhill unit with a separate roof pitch, small cross gable with external stack and single storey extension including one with a steep-pitched pantile roof.
Interior
Inner door also retains etched glass. Interior retains a few high chamfered beams.
Reason for designation
Listed as an C18 inn preserving its historic character. The Inn, Ashburne House, 33-50 Bridge Street and the Powis Almshouses form a continuous group of listed buildings. Group value also with other listed buildings in the lower part of Bridge Street and The Castle.
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