Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garden wall to N of Boscobell 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
- 51.64215, -2.67837
- Cadw reference
- 2599
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
Bordering the N side of the house plot and separating it from the parkland of Castle Dell.
History
Probably late C18/early C19 in present form though possibly relating to an earlier boundary associated with the castle and Port Wall. .
Exterior
Long stone rubble wall of about 3.5m high with coping stone, angled to E and stretching to the Port Wall.
Reason for designation
Listed as an intact probably Georgian wall relating to Boscobell House for group value with this and the associated railings.
Nearby in the register
- Boscobell HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Boscobell Chambers including railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Forecourt railings and gate to Boscobell HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.