Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Chepstow Castle PH
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 24 March 1975
- Locality
- Chepstow
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Chepstow
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64425, -2.67273
- Cadw reference
- 2506
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
Opposite Castle car-park.
History
Probably C18. Formerly had two C20 shop windows. Formerly named Woodfield.
Exterior
Detached Georgian building, an inn, attached at one side. Painted stucco with Welsh slate roof, swept eaves to a wooden cornice ornamented with symmetrical fretwork, rebuilt brick end stacks. 3 storeys, 4-window range of 6/6 pane sashes in exposed frames to first and top floor. Ground floor has central pedimented doorway with C20 door flanked by reinstated tri-partite sash windows.
Reason for designation
Listed as a building retaining overall C18 character and for group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 13 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 14 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 15 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cromwell HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.