Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Steppes including Railed Forecourt
Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 19 October 2000
- Locality
- Grosmont
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Grosmont
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.91516, -2.86719
- Cadw reference
- 24132
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
Some 40m N of the Town Hall in the centre of Grosmont.
History
A house with probably early C17 origins. The front wall appears to have been raised, possibly in the C19. Although now a private dwelling, The Steppes was the formerly the village Post Office at Grosmont.
Exterior
NW gable is rubble stone, the other elevations are rendered and painted; slate roof with brick end-stacks; S gable chimneystack projects. Two storey irregular front with external render incised with lines simulating ashlar. First floor has three 2+2 pane casements with thin stone sills. Ground floor has (l to r) a 2+2 casement, a camber headed entrance doorway, a small canted bay window with flat roof and 2+4+2 panes, then doorway to former Post Office. The top panels of the boarded double doors are glazed, each with 2 panes separated by horizontal glazing bar. Above is a monopitch porch canopy with fishscale slates, the roof is supported by tall arched brackets that spring from moulded wall-posts, these posts have pierced trefoils in the spandrels. NW gable, ground floor has projecting wall of former bread oven.
Overlooking the roadway at the front of the house is a raised garden bounded by low wall with spear headed railings and iron gate.
Interior
Entry into cross passage. Ground floor rooms (to left) has transverse chamfered ceiling beam (probably re-used) and deep fireplace recess; ground floor room (to right) is partitioned and room to SE has axial chamfered ceiling beams with Wern-hir (hollow and fillet stops).
Reason for designation
Well-preserved village house with C17 origins. Group value with other listed buildings in central Grosmont.
Nearby in the register
- Whitney Villa including Railed ForecourtNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Rock Villa including Railed ForecourtNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box opposite Grosmont Town HallCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Howell's HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.