Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance gates and railings of The Endowed School
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caerleon, Newport, designated on 18 January 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 18 January 2002
- Locality
- Caerleon
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61011, -2.95597
- Cadw reference
- 26133
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)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Along the street frontage of The Endowed School.
History
These railings are a mid C19 addition to the Endowed School.
Exterior
Sandstone gatepiers and dwarf wall with cast iron railings and gates. The railings are bowed along the whole frontage of the school and are attached at both ends. Central panelled gatepiers with bases, cornices and domed caps. Double spear head gates with ramped top rail and dog-bars. Dwarf wall on either side carries five panels of close set spear head railings with thicker posts between each panel.
Reason for designation
Included for strong group value with The Endowed School and the surrounding historic buildings in the centre of Caerleon.
Nearby in the register
- The Endowed SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates and railings of Priory HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lych Gate of the Church of St CadocCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Priory HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.