Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers and forecourt wall at Gwy House
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 24 March 1975.
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
- 51.64467, -2.67254
- Cadw reference
- 2510
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
Fronting Bridge Street and creating a courtyard in front of Gwy House.
History
Early C19. Photograph of 1916 shows railings on the forecourt wall to height of piers.
Exterior
Gate piers of tooled or coursed stone with moulded caps, one tall and two lower, joined by low stone wall with moulded coping. No gates to gaps.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Gwy House.
Nearby in the register
- Gwy House (Chepstow Museum)Health and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Castle View HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- 15 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 14 Bridge StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.