Beech Hill House, Usk (Brynbuga), Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7115 / 51°42'41"N

Longitude: -2.9079 / 2°54'28"W

OS Eastings: 337364

OS Northings: 201809

OS Grid: SO373018

Mapcode National: GBR J9.398Q

Mapcode Global: VH79V.K71S

Plus Code: 9C3VP36R+JR

Entry Name: Beech Hill House

Listing Date: 1 April 1974

Last Amended: 30 April 2004

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2210

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002210

Location: NW of the town, near the community boundary, on a hillside facing S in a parkland setting

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Usk

Community: Usk (Brynbuga)

Community: Usk

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: House

Find accommodation in
Usk

History

Built circa 1800 on the site of an earlier house. Porch was enclosed with matching stone late C20.

Exterior

Small country house. Built of fine jointed ashlar with shallow-pitched slate roof behind parapet with shallow coping; long narrow rendered ridge stacks. Two storeys. 3-window range of 12-pane sashes in reveals with wide block voussoirs to first floor; ground floor has wider tri-partite sashes incorporating metal mullions either side of central flat-roofed porch with 4 slender Doric columns supporting an entablature with Lombard frieze; attached columns to rear. Double part-glazed doors with fanlight. Stepped plinth. Stucco-rendered to W side with stone quoins exposed; 2 window range of similar sashes separated by painted downpipe from hopper. Similar to E, with a single window range of tripartite sashes to each floor. Attached to each side is the high stone wall of a former walled garden.

Interior

Interior retains panelled shutters and doors, staircase with wreathed handrail and stick balusters, simple plaster mouldings and one fireplace, painted, but the interior was mostly reordered in mid C20.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well-preserved early C19 small country house.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

II Plas-newydd
On the N borders of the town just S of the railway bridge; set back from and above the road within gardens.
II Entrance Gateway to Plas-newydd
At entrance to grounds of Plas-newydd.
II Entrance gateway to Porth-y-carn
orming the drive entrance, set back slightly from the pavement in a sem-circular bay.
I Usk Castle and precincts
On a spur on the hillside a short distance NE of the town.
II Castle Vale, and attached iron railings
Adjacent to the Catholic church, the main frontage with garden facing the lane separating the two buildings; gable end facing the main road.
II Prioress Mill and Mill Cottage
Situated between the river Usk and the A472 about 400m north of Usk College.
I Castle House
Situated on the hillside a little NE of Usk town centre and below the Castle; surrounded by gardens and farmland.
II Church of St Francis Xavier and St David Lewis
To N of 24 Porthycarne Street, in small churchyard which backs onto Usk Castle.

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.

British Listed Buildings

History in Structure

Beech Hill House

A Grade II Listed Building in Usk (Brynbuga), Monmouthshire