Gateway at Gwentlands

Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 8 October 1988.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Gateway at Gwentlands, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Domestic
Date of designation: 8 October 1988
Locality: Chepstow
Town: Chepstow
Community: Chepstow
Unitary authority: Monmouthshire
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.63688, -2.67875
Cadw reference: 27121

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set back from the pavement, at the bottom of the drive.

History

The house dates from 1830 with substantial additions c 1890.

Exterior

Tall stone gatepiers, square in plan, with cornices, and inscription "The Gwentlands". Pair of iron gates with curved bracing and spear finials above mid rail and also at top rail level.

Reason for designation

Listed for group value with the house.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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