Address Hereford Road Completed 1752 (1752) Opened 1752 | Country Wales Status Boarding house | |
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Similar Royal George Hotel - Mo, North Parade House - M, Glendower House - Monmouth, Oak House - Monmouth, Judges' Lodgings - Monmouth | ||
Chapel House, Hereford Road, Monmouth, Wales, is a Georgian townhouse, built in the early eighteenth century, described by the architectural historian John Newman, as "the best house in the entire street". The house was designated a Grade II* listed building on 27 June 1952. Chapel House is now a boarding house of Monmouth School.
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Map of Chapel House, The Parade, Monmouth NP25 3PA, UK
History
The house is substantially of the early eighteenth century. It has been credited as replacing another building on the same site, although no evidence of this has been found. It was built or improved by the ironmaster William Rea, a former Mayor of Monmouth, around 1720. The windows were replaced and a new entrance doorway was added around 1800, probably by ironmaster David Tanner. Chapel House was restored in 1910 by Humphrey Farran Hall who repaired the panelling. When it was reroofed in the later twentieth century, the large chimney stacks were removed.
Chapel House is now a boarding house of Monmouth School.
Description
The building is of "seven bays under a hipped roof." It gives the appearance of being two buildings back to back, like several other houses in Monmouth. Curiously, the garden range is larger than the street range. 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". The interior contains plasterwork and a staircase which "echo Troy House and Great Castle House", although John Newman considers that the quality of the interior fittings surpasses those of either.