The Firs with attached railings is a Grade II listed building in the Newport local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 August 1974. House.
The Firs with attached railings
- WRENN ID
- weathered-bastion-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1974
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Firs is a building that has been completely rendered, likely over local rubble stone, and features a machine tile roof. The street-facing side is divided into two sections. The left section has a formal 18th-century facade that may be made of brick. It is two storeys high with two windows, which are 6 over 6 pane sashes set in exposed moulded cases. These windows are spaced very widely apart, suggesting that the building predates the 18th century, and the ground floor windows are significantly wider than those above. The original windows might have resembled those found in The Olde Bull Inn across the street.
To the right of this section is the entrance, which has a panelled door topped with a flat hood supported by brackets. Above the door is another 6 over 6 pane sash window. Further right, the ground floor has a carriageway that has been punched through, with a 3 + 3 pane 19th-century casement window above it. This section has a lower eaves line and a more steeply pitched roof, likely indicating the original 16th-century structure. No chimneys are visible from the front. The building is complemented by low 19th-century wrought iron railings at the front, featuring spear railings with cast iron heads and alternate railings that are hooped over the spear heads.
The rear elevation has undergone significant changes and additions, with most visible features dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, including predominantly 19th-century sash windows. The carriageway section has a reconstructed mansard roof at the back.
During the resurvey, only part of the ground floor was inspected. The doorway leads into a cross-passage. To the left, there is a plain doorway into the front room, which lacks visible features. The doorway to the rear room features a moulded stone design from the 16th century. Between these rooms, the staircase is an altered structure from the 18th or 19th century. The room to the right of the passage has been destroyed due to the carriageway.
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