Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
37 St. Mary's Street
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 August 1974
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81203, -2.71264
- Cadw reference
- 2353
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
Part of a group in the important residential street leading south-east from the parish church.
History
Early/mid C19 pair with a nearly symmetrical street facade but different planning for the two houses; they are externally unaltered.
Exterior
Painted brick with a tile roof with brick stacks. Three storeys, three windows to whole. Double depth plan with doors to right. The ground floor has two windows, two doors and a central carriage arch arranged thus W : D : A : W : D. Keyed and imposted segmental arched carriage entry. Broken pedimented doorways with console brackets, transom lights over doors. Sash windows with 6 over 6 panes with additional half panes on either side, also keystones and voussoirs. First floor has similar 6 over 6 pane sashes, the second floor 3 over 6, all windows with stone cills. Low pitch roof with stacks on left gable and right side wall of carriage arch.
Rear elevation not seen.
This house has the rooms over the central arch.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a pair of early C19 houses of definite character in the Monmouth town centre.
Nearby in the register
- House including attached railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- 39 St. Mary's StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 33 St. Mary's StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 31 St. Mary's StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.