Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Corner House
Graig, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1995
- Locality
- Lower Machen
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Graig
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58510, -3.11571
- Cadw reference
- 16272
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On SE corner of village main road, and lane to church. Behind stone garden wall which has Gothic doorway to W.
History
Later C19 former estate cottage to Machen House, possibly a rebuild including elements from an earlier building.
Exterior
House, cement render with stone tiles to eaves roof and red brick end stacks. One and a half storeys, 3-window range with upper windows breaking eaves under small gables with renewed verge boards. Casement windows, one 6-pane to centre first floor, flanked by pairs of 6-pane windows, and ground floor pairs of 8-pane windows each side of plain centre boarded door. Windows are all renewed in late C20, sills are stone. Single-storey range to right with one small 4-pane casement to left and red brick chimney to right end. Small outbuilding added on right end with roof ridge to similar height and one board door to front. Garage addition to left end, also with stone tiles.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as an estate house with stone-tiled roofs on a prominent corner site in Lower Machen Village Conservation Area.
Nearby in the register
- The CottageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Front gates and railings to The CottageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Trough and surround in wall to The CourtNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- The Old PostNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.