Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Victoria Almshouses
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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 March 2000
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58391, -2.99784
- Cadw reference
- 23128
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)
- 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
Near top of Stow Hill, to N of No 108.
History
Foundation stone laid 4 November 1902.
Exterior
U-plan block of 9 almshouses. Single storey. Red brick with painted stone dressings; red plain tiled roofs; tall red brick chimneys. Ends of blocks facing road have plastered pedimental gables. Inscription on S gable "Queen Victoria Memorial AD1901". Inscription on N gable "Newport Almshouses Roger Williams Charity AD 1700". Each arm of blocks facing inwards to garden yard have 2 similar gables with oculi. Centre of cross range has single similar gable in plain brick.
Reason for designation
Especially attractive, well-designed set of almshouses, an unusual building type. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 108 Stow HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Letter BoxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 81 Stow HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos 1-6 Victoria Place, including area railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.