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Castle House

Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 24 March 1975.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Castle House, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
24 March 1975
Locality
Chepstow
Town
Chepstow
Community
Chepstow
Unitary authority
Monmouthshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.64360, -2.67352
Cadw reference
2504

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1897 · 250 Chepstow (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1905 · 250 Chepstow (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

About 60m below the Powis Almshouses.

History

Probably early C19 frontage to earlier fabric. Ground floor and window heads formerly had engraved rustication and the building had a shopfront.

Exterior

House. Walls are rendered with roughcast and painted; machine tile roof with moulded eaves cornice, low rendered end stack. Three storeys and cellar. Two-window range of sashes in reveals:4/8-pane to top floor, paired 12-pane to first floor, 16-pane to ground floor. Central doorway has 6-panelled door with panelled reveals, pilasters and open pediment hood. Side uphill elevation has a shallow gabled bay with sloping roof, evidence of a formerly attached building; small 2-light windows to 3 storeys. Rear elevation has centre arched first floor sash window and central doorway with panelled door and overlight.

Interior

Interior retains some shutters and panelled reveals.

Reason for designation

Listed as a house with Georgian frontage on earlier fabric. Group value with other listed buildings in the upper part of Bridge Street.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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