Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
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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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
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.