Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Entrance gates and piers to The Mount
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 12 November 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 November 2002
- Locality
- Chepstow
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Chepstow
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64385, -2.68193
- Cadw reference
- 27107
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
Forming the entrance N of The Mount.
History
Probably contemporary with the early - mid C19 building of the main house.
Exterior
Four tall black painted rectangular iron piers, with plinth, panels and stepped pyramidal caps; lower double gates with spear finials and cross bracing below the middle rail, arched brace above terminating in central palmette; heavy side rails with scrolled finials; similar narrow pedestrian gates without finials on either side.
Reason for designation
Listed as the early entrance gateway to the main house; group value with this, the later gateway and lodge.
Nearby in the register
- The MountDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gates in grounds of The MountDomesticunder 1 mi
- The LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Meridale including forecourt railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.