Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
12/11/2002
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
White House
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Location
Towards the N edge of the town, on rising ground, set back from the road behind a lawned garden.
History
Circa 1935, architect FR Bates of Newport. Original glazing would have been metal casements.
Exterior
House in Modernist style. Wholly rendered and white painted. Flat roof - believed to be copper-covered - with narrow coping; roof terrace, terrace room with chimney, further external stack right. Irregular plan of main 3 bay frontage, stepped back single bay wing to right attached to further lower wing, front porch, stepped rear elevation. Main frontage has a 3-window range of prominently horizontal casements with replaced glazing, long close-set hoods, tiled sills; further ground floor window set within angle to left. Flat-roofed single-storey front porch with side lights.
Reason for designation
Listed as a house in Modern Movement style, rare in Wales, by well-known local architect
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