Chapel House, Monmouth

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Chapel House

front of Chapel House
General information
Status Boarding House
Architectural style Georgian
Address Hereford Road
Town or city Monmouth
Country Wales
Coordinates 51°48′55″N 2°42′48″W / 51.8154°N 2.7134°W / 51.8154; -2.7134Coordinates: 51°48′55″N 2°42′48″W / 51.8154°N 2.7134°W / 51.8154; -2.7134
Completed 1752 (1752)
Owner Monmouth School
Website
http://www.monmouthschool.org/en/chapel_house

Chapel House, Hereford Road, Monmouth, Wales, is a Georgian townhouse, described by the architectural historian John Newman, as "the best house in the entire street".[1] The house was designated a Grade II* listed building on 27 June 1952.[2]

The building is mid-eighteenth century or earlier and of "seven bays under a hipped roof."[1] The red-brick walls to the side, which give access to a service court and the garden stretching down to the River Monnow are "contemporary".[1] The interior contains plasterwork and a staircase which "echo Troy House and Great Castle House",[1] although John Newman considers that the quality of the interior fittings surpasses those of either. The house was built in 1752.[3]

Chapel House is now a boarding house of Monmouth School.

It now holds boys from preps 3, 4, form 1, and form 2.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Newman, John (2000). 'The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 407.
  2. "Chapel House, Monmouth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2012-01-25. 
  3. Newman, John (2009). "Buildings in the Landscape". In Gray, Madeline; Morgan, Prys. The Gwent County History, Volume 3: The Making of Monmouthshire, 1536–1780. General ed. Ralph A. Griffiths. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 348. 
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