Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
3012
Building Number
13
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
02/05/1980
Date of Amendment
31/03/2000
Name of Property
,13,Commercial Street,,,GWENT,
Address
13 Commercial Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Stow Hill
Town
Locality
Easting
331106
Northing
188098
Street Side
E
Location
On corner with Corn Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
By A Swash, architect, 1892-94. The development originally consisted of the whole block (Nos 2-13 consecutive), between Skinner Street and Corn Street, but Nos 9-12 were rebuilt in the 1930s, leaving the end No 13 unaltered.
Exterior
French Gothic style. Grey stone (in shallow courses), painted stone dressings, steeply pitched slate roofs with bracketed eaves. Modern shopfront to ground floor. Three storeys plus attic. Steep pavilion roof with stone dormer with 2 Gothic windows; on second floor, 4 windows with Gothic heads; on first floor, oriel window with Gothic lights. First bay in Corn Street is repetition of front; then lower section in same style with 3 large dormers in attic, 7 windows to second floor, four to first floor.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as part of large Victorian commercial development on Newport's main commercial street.
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