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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
- 51.70349, -2.90228
- Cadw reference
- 2209
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
Adjoining the Nag's Head PH, roughly in the centre of the W side of Twyn Square.
History
C18-early C19 frontage.
Exterior
Georgian-fronted townhouse, attached at each side. Rendered with scored roughcast. Slate roof with overhanging eaves and corniced brick end stacks. Symmetrical frontage: a 3-window range of 12-pane sashes in reveals; similar on ground floor with low deep stone sills either side of central doorway with reeded surround, metal-framed oval overlight, unusual recessed door with paired round-arched mouldings, pediment hood; plinth.
Reason for designation
Listed as a townhouse retaining its historic fabric and character. Group Value with other listed structures in the square.
Nearby in the register
- 10 Twyn SquareAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The Nag's Head PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Jubilee ClockGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Midland Bank, and attached iron railingsCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.