Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
51 Bridge Street
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Usk, Monmouthshire, designated on 1 April 1974.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1974
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70240, -2.90512
- Cadw reference
- 2134
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the W side of the pedestrian path to car-park at rear of S Bridge Street: shop access at side.
Exterior
Late Georgian frontage with later shopfront; accommodation above, substantially extended to rear. Rendered and painted with very shallow-pitched slate roof with eaves cornice. Two storeys. Four-window range of 4-pane sashes in recessed surrounds with sills to first floor. Ground floor has a plate glass shopfront with slender mullions and supporting cast iron piers behind, central recessed front doorway with overlight and double-part-glazed doors. At each side panelled pilasters flank wide doorways: to right 6-panelled door with overlight; to left double doors to former carriage entrance with ventilation bars above.
Interior
Interior has been replanned and extended with front entrance no longer used.
Reason for designation
Listed as a townhouse retaining historic fabric and character. Group value with other listed buildings in Bridge Street.
Nearby in the register
- Inn Between PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 47 & 49 and attached iron railings and attached archwayDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Cross Keys InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- 47 & 49 and attached iron railings and attached archwayCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.