Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
33 Old Market Street
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2004
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70005, -2.90409
- Cadw reference
- 82736
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
A corner position, opposite the Kings Head Hotel and the E end house of the range facing the Market Hall.
History
Probably an early origin remodelled in C18 and C19.
Exterior
Townhouse with Georgian/Victorian frontage, attached at one side. Rendered and painted with hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and incorporating two full hipped-roofed dormers; large external rendered and brick stack. Main frontage has a 3-window range of 4-pane horned sashes to first floor. Central doorway with recessed panelled part glazed door; double window to right and shallow canted bay with C20 glazing to left.
Reason for designation
Listed although remodelled in C19 for group value with the listed range at end of new Market Street.
Nearby in the register
- No.37 Old Market Street, and attached railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Buxton House and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Newmarket CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kings Head HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.