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The Laurels, and attached iron railings, gate piers and barn

A Grade II Listed Building in Usk, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7038 / 51°42'13"N

Longitude: -2.904 / 2°54'14"W

OS Eastings: 337627

OS Northings: 200952

OS Grid: SO376009

Mapcode National: GBR J9.3XZ5

Mapcode Global: VH79V.MF4P

Plus Code: 9C3VP33W+GC

Entry Name: The Laurels, and attached iron railings, gate piers and barn

Listing Date: 1 April 1974

Last Amended: 30 April 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2188

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002188

Location: At the N end of the terrace extending from The Three Salmons Hotel.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Usk

Community: Usk (Brynbuga)

Community: Usk

Built-Up Area: Usk

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Early C19 frontage to an earlier, C16-17, farmhouse, indicated by the steeper pitched roof. One of the outermost plots of the medieval town, the small barn adjacent was built within the filled-in medieval town ditch. in C19/C20 the home of Sidney Hiley owner of Usk naptha works.

Exterior

Georgian frontage. Roughcast rendered and painted with steep-pitched slate roof, bracketed boarded eaves, narrow corniced brick end stacks. Two storeys. A symmetrical frontage: a 3-window range of sashes in reveals, tripartite except for one 12-pane sash at first floor centre. Central doorway with console-bracketed entablature, deep panelled reveals and 6-panelled door with polygonally glazed overlight. Painted plinth. Attached railings on kerb with scrolled and urn finials continuous with numbers 3 and 5, terminating at right in tall stone gatepiers with stepped caps. Long raised rear wing with rubble stone ground floor and first floor of brown brick with buff dressings; segmental arched sashesm Attached small stone barn of rubble with slate roof, blocked central doorway to road with timber lintel; remains of lime render.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a Georgian townhouse retaining historic character and fabric. Group value with other listed buildings in Porthycarne Street.

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