Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81807
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/08/2003
Date of Amendment
22/08/2003
Name of Property
Trough and surround in wall to The Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Newport
Community
Graig
Town
Newport
Locality
Lower Machen
Easting
322793
Northing
188017
Street Side
Location
On the W side of the road N through Lower Machen village just S of the churchyard gates.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Animal drinking trough set in arched surround, probably mid to later C19. Set in the boundary wall of The Court, the former stable court to Machen House, built 1831.
Exterior
Drinking trough, cast-iron with cast-iron overflow, set in arched opening through the boundary wall of the former stables. The opening is framed in tooled purple sandstone blocks with stone voussoirs and slightly projected from rubble wall each side. Stone coping. Arch within is lined with yellow brick. Below trough is another small tapering cast-iron vessel to catch overflow.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as cast-iron drinking trough in formal arched surround, a feature of the estate village of Lower Machen.
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