Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2591
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/11/1972
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
Griffin House
Address
8 Upper Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353510
Northing
194000
Street Side
N
Location
Atttached to the Montague Almshouses, opposite the junction with St Mary Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18/early C19.
Exterior
Later Georgian townhouse, attached at each side. Walls rendered with joint-lined stucco; slate roof with wooden eaves cornice. Three storeys. Two-window range of 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars in reveals, tripartite to ground floor left. Semi-circular headed doorway up two steps to right has 6-panelled door, arched fanlight with radial glazing, wooden doorcase with open triangular pediment on brackets, side pilasters. Deep plinth. Large external water cistern to rear.
Interior
Interior reported as retaining a Chinoiserie-inspired staircase.
Reason for designation
Listed as a late-Georgian townhouse. Group value with other listed buildings in Upper Church Street and St Mary Street.
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