Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
82788
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/04/2004
Date of Amendment
30/04/2004
Name of Property
Ty Cornel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Usk
Town
Usk
Locality
Usk
Easting
337751
Northing
200981
Street Side
N
Location
In a prominent position near the junction with Twyn Square, end on to the main road, facing towards Bridge Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 and C19. The mid C19 turnpike road to Monmouth cut across the N part of Twyn Square and thus explains the later S doorway facing the new road. The cedar tree grew from one of the seeds brought back by Edward John Trelawny of Usk from the cemetery in Italy where the poet Shelley's body was cremated.
Exterior
Tall Georgian townhouse, attached to side and rear. Roughcast-rendered and painted; slate roof with slightly overhanging eaves, rendered end stacks with brick cornices. Three storeys. a symmetrical two-window range to the garden frontage of 12 pane horned sashes in reveals on each floor. Roadside elevation has a later oriel-style first floor window and a stone ground floor doorway with architrave, bracketed hood and recessed door up three steps; deep plinth.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a townhouse retaining its Georgian character in a particularly prominent position. Group value with other listed buildings in and off Castle Parade and Twyn Square.
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