The King's Head PH, Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.641 / 51°38'27"N

Longitude: -2.6771 / 2°40'37"W

OS Eastings: 353241

OS Northings: 193793

OS Grid: ST532937

Mapcode National: GBR JM.7THS

Mapcode Global: VH87T.K02V

Plus Code: 9C3VJ8RF+95

Entry Name: The King's Head PH

Listing Date: 12 November 2002

Last Amended: 12 November 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 27102

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Kings Head Hotel, Chepstow
Kings Head PH

ID on this website: 300027102

Location: Very near Town Gate and adjacent to the listed range on the corner of Moor Street.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: Chepstow (Cas-gwent)

Community: Chepstow

Built-Up Area: Chepstow

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

Rebuilt 1907 after a fire.

Exterior

Hotel, public house in baroque style. Walls of stone and some brick roughcast rendered to front and painted black and white; hipped slate roof with tall brick off-ridge stack; overhanging eaves with modillion cornice. Three storeys. 4-window front. Top floor has 6-pane sashes with painted plain architrave and continuous moulded sillband; first floor has 12-pane sashes with painted corniced surround and continuous sillband. Ground floor is black painted with channelled rustication; a central entrance with eared doorway and coat of arms above in a foliated frame; heavy moulded and swept hood supported on enriched Ionic columns and surmounted on either side by large cartouches. Recessed semicircular windows either side with small-pane upper lights; sash window end left; very deep plinth.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a major town-centre building in a particularly prominent position. Group value with other listed buildings round the Town Gate.

External Links

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The King's Head PH

A Grade II Listed Building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire