Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No.7 New Market Street, and attached iron railings
Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 20 May 2004
- Locality
- Usk
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Usk
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70158, -2.90547
- Cadw reference
- 82776
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
In the top part of the street, the wide area, in an inner corner position.
History
An early site. Probably C17 with C18/19 alterations.
Exterior
Cottage, attached at left to number 5 with number 9 at right angles to right. Stucco-rendered and painted with slate roof with brick end stack. Two storeys. An asymmetrical frontage: 2-window range of 6-pane cross-framed casements in reveals (not original). Centre left doorway with deep round-arched hood, door with diamond glazing bars. Small forecourt garden bounded by kerb with low railings between rendered piers.
Reason for designation
House retaining much architectural character within the historic centre of Usk.
Group value with adjacent buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 5 New Market StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Nook, and attached iron railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Olde MalstersNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Merlin CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.