Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
River Island
Stow Hill, Newport, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 2 May 1980
- Community
- Stow Hill
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.58675, -2.99582
- Cadw reference
- 3014
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
Almost opposite Austin Friars.
History
Said tohave C18 origins. Formerly public house.
Exterior
Four storey, three window classicising front. Stucco; parapet and cornice; shallow pilasters to ends. Top floor has three 12-pane sash windows set in architraves. Second floor has three 12-pane sashes in architraves with pediments. On first floor, outer bays have splayed oriel windows with sash glazing. On ground floor, modern shopfront in simple classical style.
Reason for designation
Building with possible C18 origins on main street of town centre. Group value with adjacent listed building.
Nearby in the register
- WildingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- 157-160 (Consecutive)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Woolwich Building SocietyCommercialunder 1 mi
- HalifaxCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.