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Ashfield House

A Grade II Listed Building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6378 / 51°38'16"N

Longitude: -2.6785 / 2°40'42"W

OS Eastings: 353137

OS Northings: 193443

OS Grid: ST531934

Mapcode National: GBR JM.80XN

Mapcode Global: VH87T.J398

Plus Code: 9C3VJ8QC+4H

Entry Name: Ashfield House

Listing Date: 10 August 1988

Last Amended: 12 November 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2794

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002794

Location: At the top of Mount Pleasant, in the section of the A48 Newport Road known as Hardwick Hill, opposite Lower Hardwick, set in the slope below the main road on a large corner site with Bulwark Road.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: Chepstow (Cas-gwent)

Community: Chepstow

Built-Up Area: Chepstow

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

William Davies shipbuilder of Chepstow contracted to build this house in December 1830. Former coach-house and additions made about 1890, not shown on 1882 OS map. R H Barham, author of the Ingoldsby Legends is thought to have lived here. In mid C19 was the property of Chapman, ship owner; a bell in the gable eaves was used to communicate with riverside. Dog kennels were built at rear as he was a keen huntsman. In early C20 the home of E Gould, organist. Building became derelict in late C20 and was subsequently refurbished as apartments with alterations to glazing, interior and porch, and to coach house which was converted to garage.

Exterior

Late Georgian villa converted to apartments. Plan of twin 2-storey gabled ranges plus later, smaller gabled range on S side. Colourwashed rendered walls (roughcast to S) with painted stone dressings; slate roofs with linked pairs of chamfered rendered brick stacks and shaped bargeboards with finials. Four 12-pane Gothick sash windows towards the rear yard with single storey extensions reaching to boundary wall, site of kennels. Wide diamond-pane glazing to sashes on other fronts. Entrance front has a three window first floor range with central cross-gable over triangular-headed sash window with hoodmould and diamond glazing; broad surrounds to similar windows in outer bays. Centre porch with parapet. Asymmetrical garden front with 4 windows under 3 gables; diamond-pane sashes under ramped hoodmoulds, tripartites to left bay and to ground floor. Attached at right a rear courtyard wall with pointed arched doorway.

Interior

Interior substantially remodelled into apartments.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for remaining character of late Georgian villa. Group value with Lower Hardwick opposite.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Lower Hardwick
    On steeply rising hillside, fronting the main road - Hardwick Hill, adjoining Newport Road, is part of the A48; the whole property is an island site backed by Hardwick Hill Lane.
  • II Hardwick Cottage
    On the hillside roughly midway between Hardwick Hill at top and Rockwood Road at bottom, surrounded by a large garden.
  • II Gateway at Gwentlands
    Set back from the pavement, at the bottom of the drive.
  • II Hardwick Hill House
    Towards the top of the hill set above the road, the main building in a group of four dwellings.
  • II 2 and 3 Hardwick Hill
    Number 2 is attached to the side of Oakfield House facing the main road, number 3 is at right angles but shares a side frontage with number 2.
  • II Stratheden
    Attached to the back of Hardwick Hill House and facing uphill; set above the road and reached by a short drive.
  • II High Trees
    At the top of the street and well set back up a drive in a large walled garden, the W elevation facing Vauxhall Lane.
  • II Front garden gate at Hathaway
    At the front walled garden entrance to the house, stepped up from the pavement.

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