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11 Cardiff Road

Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Pillgwenlly, Newport, designated on 31 January 1997.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 11 Cardiff Road, Pillgwenlly, Newport, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
31 January 1997
Locality
Pillgwenlly
Town
Newport
Community
Pillgwenlly
Unitary authority
Newport
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.58010, -2.99455
Cadw reference
18174

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Located on the S side of the Cardiff Road, opposite the Royal Gwent Hospital.

History

Early-mid C19 villa in Greek Revival style.

Exterior

Two storeys, symmetrical, Bathstone ashlar elevations. Low pitched, slated roof behind parapet with moulded, projecting cornice. Plain entablature carried on plain, full height pilasters to either end. Projecting central bay with low pitched pediment with acroteria to centre and corners. Projecting porch carried on Ionic columns, flanked by canted bays with hornless sashes with margin panes. Three matching sash windows to first floor set within moulded architraves. Modern extension to left hand side. Single storey extension with mansard to right hand side thought to incorporate earlier coachouse.

Interior

Good surviving mid C19 interior. Central hallway with original staircase with stick balusters. Symmetrical plan, with pairs of flanking rooms to either side. Front left hand room has surviving decorative plaster ceiling with frieze beneath. Surviving doorcases with cresting above and four panelled doors with classical figures in relief in upper panels.

Reason for designation

Listed grade II as a good, well-preserved example of a villa in the Greek Revival style and having group value with adjoining No 13 Cardiff Road.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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