Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance gates and railings of Priory House
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 January 2002
- Locality
- Caerleon
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61000, -2.95583
- Cadw reference
- 26135
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
Along the street frontage of Priory House.
History
Probably early C19 type gates and railings, but they could have been added to Priory House as a part of its mid C19 refurbishment.
Exterior
Dwarf stone wall with cast and wrought iron gates and railings. Panelled cast iron gatepiers with cast relief decoration with bases, tops and spike finials. Double wrought iron gates with ramped top rail, spikes and central cast vase finial. Dog bars and unusual cast panels with relief decoration. Flanking dwarf stone walls with plain wrought iron railings.
Reason for designation
Included for strong group value with Priory House and the surrounding historic buildings in the centre of Caerleon.
Nearby in the register
- Priory HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates and railings of The Endowed SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
- Lych Gate of the Church of St CadocCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- The Endowed SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.