Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Village Pound
St. Arvans, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St. Arvans, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, designated on 13 December 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Miscellaneous
- Date of designation
- 13 December 1991
- Locality
- St. Arvans
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- St. Arvans
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67056, -2.70171
- Cadw reference
- 2861
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
At the north end of the village, set in the slope at the side of the road and almost opposite Bwythyn y Ffynnon.
History
The village pound was recorded in the C17, including a reference to repairs in 1697; it served as an enclosure for stray animals. Some later alterations.
Exterior
Pound contructed of sandstone rubble walls around three sides of the enclosure; approximately 1.25m to 1.5m high on inner side; rounded coping to inner side. Front wall adjoins garden wall to uphill end and includes drain outlet to south west corner. The pound is entered from the south east.
Reason for designation
Listed for historical interest as a surviving village pound and for its position at the upper boundary of a well-preserved example of a linear village. It is now a fairly rare survival in so complete a state.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Terracing, Steps, Pool, Pergola and Summerhouse at Wyndcliffe CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walls and two Gateways of the Walled Garden at Wyndcliffe CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wyndcliffe CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Garage Cottages at Wyndcliffe CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.