Cae-pw-cella including attached milestone is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 January 2001. House.
Cae-pw-cella including attached milestone
- WRENN ID
- solemn-trefoil-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2001
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The house, dating to the 18th century, is constructed of squared and coursed quarry-faced red sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roofs. It has a central plan consisting of a main rectangular block with rear and service wings, creating an intentionally irregular or "picturesque" appearance.
The front (entrance) elevation displays the main house on the left and the service wing on the right, both two storeys high with a varied roofline. To the left is a two-bay block featuring a rectangular bay window next to an external stack. The bay window has a 1 + 5 + 1 light design with ashlar mullions and transom, containing 4 over 8 pane windows, topped with a castellated parapet. A mullion-and-transom window with 4 over 8 panes is positioned to the right; above are a 3-light and a 2-light casement window. A gable above the 2-light window is decorated with fretted bargeboards and a pendant. A tall two-flue stack rises from the roof, with a further stack on the ridge behind and a third on the right-hand gable. Scalloped bargeboards adorn the main gable. A recessed bay includes a gabled porch below and a 2-light small-paned casement above. Adjacent is a prominent forward-facing gable for the kitchen wing, featuring 2-light casements and scalloped bargeboards. A wing to the right incorporates casements of similar design and another two-flue chimney in the angle.
The garden (west) elevation presents three bays: a projecting corner tower (blind), followed by a bay with a 3-light small-paned window, where the central light has been extended into a door, and a modern plastic 3-light casement above. A projecting wing, featuring a tall two-flue stack, has a 3-light window with a central door below, mirroring previous designs, and a stone-framed 2-light window above. This section is adorned with fretted bargeboards, a pendant, and a finial. Finally, a two-storey canted bay window with a 1 + 2 + 1 light arrangement, small-paned windows, and a castellated parapet concludes this elevation. An attached iron and glass verandah canopy sits above, likely an older addition.
The rear elevation incorporates three timber and glass conservatories, along with modern 2 and 3-light casements under gables with fretted bargeboards, and a three-storey castellated tower with small windows.
Attached to the exterior corner of the front lean-to on the entrance elevation is an early 19th-century turnpike milestone, originally located on the A48 between Cardiff and Newport, and now relocated. The milestone is inscribed "To CARDIFF 10, To NEWPORT 2, To LONDON 148".
The interior is arranged around a stairhall featuring a Jacobean-style stained pine staircase. Fireplaces and panelling suggest a refurbishment around 1900, potentially designed by Eric Francis of Chepstow. A circa 1840 white marble fireplace in a classical style is also present.
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