The Greyhound Inn, Usk, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7037 / 51°42'13"N

Longitude: -2.8975 / 2°53'50"W

OS Eastings: 338076

OS Northings: 200928

OS Grid: SO380009

Mapcode National: GBR J9.3ZVC

Mapcode Global: VH79V.QFLT

Plus Code: 9C3VP433+F2

Entry Name: The Greyhound Inn

Listing Date: 1 April 1974

Last Amended: 30 April 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2140

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Greyhound Inn
The Greyhound Inn, Usk

ID on this website: 300002140

Location: Near the E edge of the town, and a short way E of the priory churchyard, on a corner site; Chepstow Road is the continuation of Four Ash Street.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Usk

Community: Usk (Brynbuga)

Community: Usk

Built-Up Area: Usk

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Pub Inn

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History

Early origin suggested by deep battered gable end to right. Refurbished early - mid C19. An inn on the E town boundary serving travellers between Usk and Chepstow

Exterior

Small inn. Built of stone rubble rendered with roughcast; slate roof with overhanging boarded eaves and tall roughcast corniced end stacks. Single storey and attic. Symmetrical frontage: a full-height central gabled projecting bay with full dormer; ground floor windows either side of pointed-arched doorway with recessed door. C20 casement windows. Rear elevation shows a lower cross wing incorporated into a parallel higher and later cross wing. Two small first floor casements with shallow segmental arched heads to side.

Interior

Interior now a single room, former divisions removed. C19 fireplace to right, dado rail and boarding.

Reasons for Listing

An inn of early origins which has retained its character.

External Links

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II Dairy Barn
Set back from the road junction between Four Ash Street, The Meadows and Chepstow Road.
II Nos.35 and 37 (part) Four Ash Street
Opposite the E end of the priory complex.
II 2 Four Ash Street, and attached iron railings
Adjacent to the E entrance to the churchyard, on a corner site facing up the street.
II 31 Four Ash Street
House at end right of a terrace of four, NE of the priory.
II 29 Four Ash Street
The centre right pair of houses of a terrace of four, NE of the Priory.
II 27 Four Ash Street
The centre right pair of houses of a terrace of four, NE of the priory.
II 23 Four Ash Street
Centre left house of a terrace of four, NE of the priory.
II Monmouthshire House, including front iron railings
The left house of a terrace of four, NE of the priory.

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The Greyhound Inn

A Grade II Listed Building in Usk, Monmouthshire