Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
12 Lower Church Street including railings
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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
- 51.64375, -2.67066
- Cadw reference
- 2548
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
About 60m NE of Baptist Church.
History
Early C19. Formerly also comprised number 12a. In early-mid C19 a coachworks was situated to rear. Home of gasworks manager in later C19 with access to gasworks in yard behind the street.
Exterior
Small late Georgian house, attached at each side. Walls with scored stucco; shallow-pitched machine-tile roof. Two storeys. Bay on right is slightly advanced; 2-window range of 12-pane sashes in reveals on first floor, 16-pane to ground floor. Round-arched doorway to right; recessed door has fielded panels and segmental fanlight with radial glazing. Cast iron railings to forecourt also bordering steps to door.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of the early C19 housing development of Chepstow. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 11 Lower Church StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Comice HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Nos. 13&14 Lower Church Street including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos. 9&10 Lower Church Street and attached railings to No. 10Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.