Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
47 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
- 51.69986, -2.90468
- Cadw reference
- 82742
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
At the W end of the S range of the street opposite the Market Hall. Set back behind a small front garden.
History
Probably early C19 frontage to an earlier building.
Exterior
House with early C19 front, sharing the same building line as Nos 43 and 45. rendered with scribed roughcast and painted; steep-pitched roof with brick end stack to R. Two storeys. two-window range of 12-pane sashes to first floor. Ground floor has tripartite sash at centre and doorway with wide bracketed hood and 6-panelled part-glazed door to L. Kerb at front with railings with arrow and urn finials and gate with diamond bracing.
Reason for designation
Listed as an integral part of this important south range opposite the Market hall. Group value with other listed buildings in the lower part of Old and New Market Streets.
Nearby in the register
- Nos.43 & 45 Old Market Street, and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos.43 & 45 Old Market Street and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- No.41 Old Market Street, and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- 12 Baron StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.