Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 June 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
Gate House
- WRENN ID
- burning-basalt-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1950
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Gate House features an 18th-century frontage and window design, incorporating some earlier elements. The walls are partly scored roughcast, topped with a double pile hipped slate roof that is set back behind a parapet with moulded coping. The building stands three storeys tall with a cellar. It has a four-window range of 12-pane sashes set in moulded stone architraves.
The wide central doorway, dating from the 17th century, is framed by a heavy wooden doorcase with ovolo and wave mouldings, flanked by carved strapwork ornamentation on the jambs. Above the architrave, which is stopped at the base, are rose medallions in the angles, along with carved raised lettering that reads "AND 1609 MC." The door itself is a panelled part-glazed design with a heavy iron and brass knocker, and it is topped by a flat moulded wooden hood with a plastered soffit.
On the side elevation, twin hipped gables feature a two-window range on the top floor and four windows on the first floor. The ground floor includes a canted bay window with sashes on the right, a 12-pane sash on the left, and a blocked 4-centred chamfered arched opening between them.
Inside, the building has been converted into offices and a Council chamber, featuring early 20th-century fittings throughout the entire front of the first floor. The top floor meeting room may have boxed-in cross beams. The rear staircase is a replacement, while remnants of earlier panelling and a metal door, likely for an 18th-century safe, can still be found. Additionally, there is a 19th-century safe located in the cellar, which includes a gas bracket.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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