Griffin House, Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6429 / 51°38'34"N

Longitude: -2.6732 / 2°40'23"W

OS Eastings: 353510

OS Northings: 194000

OS Grid: ST535940

Mapcode National: GBR JM.7N9H

Mapcode Global: VH87M.MY4Y

Plus Code: 9C3VJ8VG+4P

Entry Name: Griffin House

Listing Date: 8 November 1972

Last Amended: 12 November 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2591

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002591

Location: Atttached to the Montague Almshouses, opposite the junction with St Mary Street.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: Chepstow (Cas-gwent)

Community: Chepstow

Built-Up Area: Chepstow

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Late C18/early C19.

Exterior

Later Georgian townhouse, attached at each side. Walls rendered with joint-lined stucco; slate roof with wooden eaves cornice. Three storeys. Two-window range of 12-pane sashes with thick glazing bars in reveals, tripartite to ground floor left. Semi-circular headed doorway up two steps to right has 6-panelled door, arched fanlight with radial glazing, wooden doorcase with open triangular pediment on brackets, side pilasters. Deep plinth. Large external water cistern to rear.

Interior

Interior reported as retaining a Chinoiserie-inspired staircase.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a late-Georgian townhouse. Group value with other listed buildings in Upper Church Street and St Mary Street.

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Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II The First Hurdle
In the centre of this range.
II Sir Walter Montague Almshouses
Long range at the W end and downhill side of the street, opposite juction with St Mary Street
II 14, St Mary Street, Chepstow, Chepstow, GWENT
On the lower corner of St Mary Street and Upper Church Street, facing number 16 opposite.
II Plough House
On corner site with Church Road; opposite the W entrance to St Mary's churchyard.
II 13, St Mary Street, Chepstow, Chepstow
In the lower part of the street.
II 16, St Mary Street, Chepstow, Chepstow, GWENT
On the lower corner of St Mary Street and Upper Church Street, the main doorway facing number 14 opposite.
II 12, St Mary Street, Chepstow, Chepstow
Towards the lower end of the street.
II Nos. 15&16 Upper Church Street, Chepstow, Chepstow
The house between the corner properties of Middle Street and St Mary Street. Set back from the road behind a small walled courtyard and reached by a flight of stone steps.

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Griffin House

A Grade II Listed Building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire