| 词条 | Castle House, Usk |
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| name = Castle House, Usk | image = Castle House, Usk castle.jpg | caption = "a major historic building" | type = House | locmapin = Wales Monmouthshire | map_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|51.7050|-2.9022|display=inline,title}} | location = Usk, Monmouthshire | area = | built = Medieval to 19th century | architect = | architecture = Vernacular | governing_body = Privately owned | designation1 = Grade I listed building | designation1_offname = Castle House | designation1_date = 30 April 2004 | designation1_number = 2128 }}Castle House in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, originally formed the gatehouse to Usk Castle.[1] Much altered in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,[2] it is now a private home[2] and a Grade I listed building.[3] HistoryCoflein gives the dates of construction for the gatehouse as 1368-99.[4] For many years, it was the residence of the castle's steward.[4] While the castle declined in the later medieval period and was slighted during the English Civil War, Castle House underwent considerable expansion and was described as a "gentrified town house" in the early twentieth century.[5] In 1925 Castle House, and its grounds including the castle ruins, were purchased for £525 by Rudge Humphreys, whose family still own the estate.[5] Humphreys undertook major excavation and restoration of the grounds, details of which were recorded in an archive of one hundred and seventy photographs, copies of which are held by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.[6] Architecture and descriptionThe building is of three storeys, in stucco, and with a slate roof.[2] Its gabled rear range "incorporates the inner half of the late fourteenth century gatehouse" to the castle.[1] The house is a Grade I listed building, its listing recording the reason for the designation; "listed as a major historic building, in particular (for) the importance of its medieval gatehouse".[7] The gardens of Castle House, dating from the early twentieth century, include a herb garden with medieval planting and are occasionally open under the National Gardens Scheme.[8] Notes1. ^1 The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 592 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/36569/details/CASTLE+HOUSE%2C+USK+CASTLE/ |title=Castle House, Usk Castle | Site Details |publisher=Coflein |date=1998-12-17 |accessdate=2012-02-12}} 3. ^{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2128-castle-house-usk |title=Castle House - Usk - Monmouthshire - Wales |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date=1953-02-16 |accessdate=2012-02-12}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=2128 |title=Listed Buildings - Full Report - HeritageBill Cadw Assets - Reports |publisher=Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net |date= |accessdate=2017-04-09}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.uskcastle.com/castle/history_cont.php |title=Usk Castle |publisher=Usk Castle |date= |accessdate=2012-02-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111010845/http://www.uskcastle.com/castle/history_cont.php |archivedate=2012-01-11 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/collection/430601/details/Humphreys+Album/ |title=Humphreys Album |publisher=Coflein |date= |accessdate=2012-02-12}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=2128 |title=Listed Buildings - Full Report - HeritageBill Cadw Assets - Reports |publisher=Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net |date= |accessdate=2017-08-29}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.ngs.org.uk/?bf-garden=6867 |title=Castle House, Usk, Gwent, NP15 1SD – National Garden Scheme |publisher=Ngs.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-08-29}} ReferencesNewman J., The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (2000) Penguin Books 3 : Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire|History of Monmouthshire|Houses in Monmouthshire |
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