Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
27-30 High Street (Consecutive and including 27a)
Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Stow Hill, Newport, designated on 31 March 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 31 March 2000
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58849, -2.99677
- Cadw reference
- 23122
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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)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
On corner with Market Street.
History
Development of shops with offices above, probably dating from redevelopment of High Street in 1890s.
Exterior
Group of shops with offices above. French Renaissance style. Bathstone and Pennant stone with slate mansard roof. Three storeys plus large attic dormers. Pedimented stone attic dormer (simplified at R end) encloses 2 arched windows (single window only at L end). On second floor, 2 camber-headed windows to each bay, but in 2 R hand bays. On first floor, each bay has shallow splayed bay window; modern or altered shop fronts to ground floors. At L hand, over corner entrance, No 27, has semi-circular turret, 3 windows to each floor, with conical lead roof (truncated). To each side of turret, bathstone panels set in Pennant stone facing. Market Street elevation has 2 windows to second floor, bay window on first floor.
Reason for designation
Group value with Newport Market to N, and Nos 31-33 High Street to South.
Nearby in the register
- 31, 32, 33 High Street, including 2a & 2-4 Skinner StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 34&35 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 41-43 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Highbury ChambersCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.