Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
33 High Street
Caerleon, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 July 1951
- Locality
- Caerleon
- Town
- Newport
- Community
- Caerleon
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.60955, -2.95402
- Cadw reference
- 2980
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
On the south side of the Market Place at the centre of Caerleon.
History
This house dates from very close to 1800 and externally has been unaltered since apart from reroofing. It was the birthplace of Arthur Machen (Arthur Jones) (1865-1947) an author who did much to popularise the Arthurian legends and their connection with the Caerleon area.
Exterior
The house is smooth rendered, presumably over local rubble stone and has a Welsh slate roof, red ridge tiles and red brick stacks. It has a two storey, central entrance plan, with a small rear wing. Six-panel door with fanlight and broken pediment on brackets, reeded pilasters. Three windows, all plain sashes with 6 over 6 panes. Moulded timber eaves cornice. Low pitch roof with gable ends, stacks at each gable and to rear wing, that to the left gable is shared with No 32. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Not inspected at time of resurvey. The ground floor windows have panelled shutters.
Reason for designation
Included as a late C18 or early C19 house retaining significant historic character and having strong group value with the surrounding historic buildings in the centre of Caerleon.
Nearby in the register
- No 32 including attached railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Letter Box outside the Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The Post OfficeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box outside the Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.