Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 New Market 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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1974
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70155, -2.90560
- Cadw reference
- 2156
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
At the upper end of the street,near the corner with Bridge Street; side elevation adjoining street, frontage facing down the widened street.
History
An early site. Probably C17 altered C18/19.
Exterior
Townhouse with Georgian frontage, attached at one side. Stucco-rendered and painted with slate roof and end stacks, one rendered, one brick. Two storeys. Two-window range of 12-pane sashes in reveals. Ground floor has a wide projecting hipped roof porch bay enclosed with multi-pane windows and part glazed door; low recessed side boarded door adjacent. All openings are to centre and right of frontage, the left is blank indicating an earlier origin. Rear cross wing facing street is lower with small casement window under eaves and ground floor 12-pane casement with segmental-arched head. Painted plinth.
Reason for designation
Listed as a townhouse retaining historic character and fabric. Group value with other listed buildings in New Market Street.
Nearby in the register
- No.7 New Market Street, and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Merlin CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Clemendy CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Nook, and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.