147 High Street, Newport

Late-C18 or early-C19 house, now offices.

MATERIALS: the principal, south-facing elevation is in chequered brick, laid in Flemish bond of red brick with grey vitrified headers. The pitched roof is covered with slate, and there are brick stacks.

PLAN: the building is rectangular on plan, with narrow rear extensions to west and east. EXTERIOR: the principal elevation is three storeys high and five bays wide. There are stucco storey bands; six pattress plates have been installed beneath the lower of these. The two outer bays break forward slightly. The window openings have flat red-brick arches; the ground- and first-floor openings contain replacement horned single-pane sash frames but the three-over-six sash frames to the second-floor windows may be original. The central entrance is set in a doorcase flanked by Tuscan half-columns, below a frieze and cornice, the frieze inscribed with the name ‘St Thomas’s Chambers’. The six-panelled door is set below an ornamental fanlight within an arched recess with panelled reveals. There is a timber eaves board. The east elevation is rendered to second-floor level, and partially slate-hung above.