2536

 

II  

Designated  

24/03/1975  

12/11/2002  

28&28a  

 

Monmouthshire  

Chepstow  

Chepstow  

Chepstow  

353315  

193833  

N  

High Street has ascending numbers downhill on S side to Beaufort Square then from number 24 uphill on N side.  

Commercial  

 

Probably C18 refronted early C19.  

Georgian frontage. Shop with accommodation space above, attached at each side. Scored render with pantile roof; centre cross-ridge and end brick stacks. Three storeys, 3- window range of sashes in reveals: 6/6-pane to top floor; first floor has two similar and at left a tripartite window. Good earlier C20 shop fronts to ground floor incorporating some curved glass, overlights and terrazzo floor to left and decorative frieze to right; deep fascias with side pilasters and end finials. Attached to right with High Street frontage a formerly separate unit of brick with canted bay window to two upper floors at left, single window to right, plate glass sashes with rendered and painted surroounds, segmental-arched heads to top storey under a deep stepped cornice with terracotta mouldings. Rear elevation to Bank Street retains 2 sashes.  

Ground floor interior reveals two separate units, stepped down to right. Retains high chamfered and stopped beams parallel to frontage and one cross beam, not wholly visible.  

Listed as a building within the historic centre retaining its basically Georgian character. Numbers 23 to 28 form a continuous group. Group value with other listed buildings in High Street and Bank Street.