Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
27123
Building Number
4
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/03/1975
Date of Amendment
12/11/2002
Name of Property
,4,Mount Pleasant,Chepstow,Chepstow,,
Address
4 Mount Pleasant
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Locality
Chepstow
Easting
353132
Northing
193626
Street Side
W
Location
Continuous terrace on the hillside well above and facing out over River Wye, set above and back from the main road. Numbering ascends downhill.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19, c 1832. Numbers 2 and 3 at top may be alterations of an existing building originally fronting Steep Street. It is suggested from some internal evidence that wooden balconies formed part of the original design, but these have not survived. Water was stored in cisterns under the houses.
Exterior
Number 4 has 4-pane windows to top floor, 12-pane sash and casement to first floor, replaced door in a rusticated surround with radial glazing bars to fanlight, altered tripartitite ground floor window. Chimney removed.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 terrace retaining overall character.
Group Description
Nos.2-11 Mount Pleasant (consecutive) and No.14 Steep Street.
Terrace range of Regency houses, stepped down the hillside. Walls are rendered;. slate roofs with matching narrow end stacks, many retaining slate pots. Double-pile plan with rear elevation to Steep Street which has an additional house. Three storeys. Generally two-window fronts mainly with sash windows of mostly sashes in reveals, some replaced, some casements. Semi-circular headed doorways to right. Attached to the double-fronted number 1 on uphill side.
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