Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
16 St Mary Street
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
- 51.64282, -2.67369
- Cadw reference
- 2583
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
On the lower corner of St Mary Street and Upper Church Street, the main doorway facing number 14 opposite.
History
Early C19.
Exterior
Georgian house/shop, now offices with apartment above. Walls rendered and painted; slate roof. Three units comprising to left a single-storey shop window and adjacent arched doorway, first floor with hipped roof set back at an angle. At centre is a 3-storey single window range curved to accommodate corner; roof set back behind parapet with scalloped lead cornice; 8-pane sashes in reveals and ground floor shop window, the surround with fluted pilasters. To right and fronting Upper Church Street is a 2-storey hipped roof range with 2 sash windows to first floor and large C19 12-pane shopfront with decorative pilasters and bracketed hood and wide panelled door with divided overlight; access to dwelling on upper floors.
Reason for designation
Listed as an early C19 building, part of this historic central street which retains its character. Group value with other listed buildings in the St Mary Street and Upper Church Street.
Nearby in the register
- 15&16 Upper Church StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Sir Walter Montague AlmshousesHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- 13 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 12 St Mary StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.