Cornwall House

51.81065 - 2.7175Koordinaten: 51 ° 48 ' 38 " N, 2 ° 43 ' 3" W

Cornwall House is a building in 58 Monnow Street in Monmouth in the county of Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. It comes in part from the 17th century, but was rebuilt in several stages later. It has been described in The Buildings of Wales as " the most impressive building in the street ." The building was the town house of Llangattock family and is now the seat of the Monmouthshire Beacon newspaper. The building can be visited several times during the year from the public.

History

The house was built in several stages. In 1678 it was known as Great House and was owned by George Milborne; In 1699 part of Thomas Brewer. The Agents of the Duke of Beaufort, Henry Burgh, it later acquired. To him, the construction of the facade in the Queen Anne style goes back facing the fields of Chippenham, ie at the back of the house today. The stone decorative elements of the facade are whitewashed lime paint and overlap most of the mainly brick red brick walls. An inscription on the outside gives as date of construction of this part of the facade of the year 1752. The encapsulated, surrounded by a wall garden at the back of de house, originally involved a tribune from which the horse racing pursued Chippenhams from the Duke in the fields.

The front of the house is now on the Monnow Street. This facade is designed to this page in Georgian style and includes two floors and an attic; the building stands back from the road, behind a fence surrounded by an atrium. A new front and a little later a stem, the side lights and the side doors were added to the end of the 18th century. Inside the building the original staircases are still present, and there is a fireplace in the Adam style with carved wood. The building was in 1952 placed on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest by Cadw in the Grade II *.

A plaque on the front of the house, which is dated 1837, refers to the set up in the year Monmouthshire Beacon. The newspaper moved into the building in 1987 for the 150th anniversary of its founding.

Documents

  • Monmouthshire
  • Grade II * building in Wales
Queen Anne style architecture
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