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Garden Wall of The Mynde

A Grade II Listed Building in Caerleon, Newport

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6092 / 51°36'32"N

Longitude: -2.9513 / 2°57'4"W

OS Eastings: 334222

OS Northings: 190465

OS Grid: ST342904

Mapcode National: GBR J7.9Y2Y

Mapcode Global: VH7B6.STN9

Plus Code: 9C3VJ25X+MF

Entry Name: Garden Wall of The Mynde

Listing Date: 1 August 1974

Last Amended: 18 January 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2947

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002947

Location: On the north east side of Castle Street at the southern end.

County: Newport

Town: Newport

Community: Caerleon (Caerllion)

Community: Caerleon

Built-Up Area: Caerleon

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

This wall is a part of the wall constructed round The Mynde (now No 14 High Street) in 1839. The owner of the house and of Ponthir Plate Works, John Jenkins, was frightened by the possibility of violence and destruction of property by the Chartist Movement and built the wall right round his property to protect it. It is now in six different ownerships, but continues to be visually very important to Caerleon. Its fortress like appearance pays respect to the Castle Mound a large Norman motte within the enclosure.

Exterior

Coursed squared local red sandstone and conglomerate rubble battlemented wall rising from 4 to 5m in height. It is about 80m long and includes in the centre a rock faced white limestone postern gate projecting slightly forward from the main line of the wall and also rising above it. This incorporates a plank door in a 4-centred archway. Interior face not seen.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a fine wall built in 1839 with historic associations and group value with the surrounding buildings in the centre of Caerleon.

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