Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
4&5 St Mary Street
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 January 1973
- Locality
- Chepstow
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Chepstow
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64233, -2.67408
- Cadw reference
- 2579
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
St Mary Street has ascending numbers downhill on S side to number 14 then uphill on N side to number 25
History
C18. Number 5 retained when originally listed fine plasterwork,fine panelling, fine fireplace with overmantel, pedimented doorcases, now destroyed. Number 4 was The Rummer Inn from 1800 - 1953 except for a period 1824-35 when it was a private house. Centre and rear substantially remodelled in late C20 to form St Mary''s Arcade
Exterior
Large Georgian townhouse/shop, now two shops with accommodation above. Walls roughcast rendered, slate roof behind heavy dentilled cornice. Three storeys and basement. Four-window range of 12-pane sashes with exposed frames, replaced first floor windows to No. 4. Ground floor has two shopfronts: No.5 retains bracketed cornice to fascia. Rear elevation behind remodelling retains 2 sashes to ground floor under stone segmental arches, 4 renewed above, steps down to basement.
Reason for designation
Listed as C18 building, part of this historic centre street which retains its character. Group value with other listed buildings in this street.
Nearby in the register
- 6 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Bowsher HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- 7&8 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.