Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Market Arcade, including entrance blocks in Market Street & High Street
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
- 51.58941, -2.99669
- Cadw reference
- 23148
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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
Runs between Market Street and High Street. The entrance blocks are 16-17 Market Street, and 11a, 12, &13 High Street.
History
Shopping arcade of circa 1900. Probably by Habershon & Fawckner, architects, of Newport and London.
Exterior
The arcade consists of 17 shops. Glass roof with wooden kingpost trusses; upper floors of shops with splayed bay windows; sash glazing; bridge with iron railings connects across arcade. The Market Street entrance block of 3 storeys, 4 windows; red brick with bathstone bands; altered shopfronts to each side of entrance. The High Street entrance block has stucco front. Four storeys, five windows. Central bays has swan neck pediment; oval window on top floor, above broad 2-storey splayed bay window on 1st and 2nd floors. outer bays hace semi-circular window on top floor, above narrower 2-storey splayed bay windows. On ground floor, entrance to arcade; altered shopfronts to each side.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved shopping arcade; the entrance blocks in Market Street and High Street included purely for Group Value with Market Arcade.
Nearby in the register
- Ye Olde Murenger House PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Newport MarketCommercialunder 1 mi
- Former Head Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 46-47 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.