CHEPSTOW CONSERVATION AREA
Chepstow is an important border market town that grew up around its
substantial 11th century castle and St Mary’s Priory.
Chepstow Castle is one of the most significant surviving medieval
fortifications in Britain and is highly visible on its clifftop site. The town
spreads out from the central market place pictured above and the street
down towards the river retains an impressive terrace of bow-windowed
houses. The prosperity of Chepstow is reflected in its late-Georgian villas
in the upper part of town and its industrial heritage reflected in the former
warehouses down by the river. Chepstow became well known in the later
18th century for its association with the River Wye and the Picturesque.
The railway came in the mid 19th century boosting the trade of the town
and then in the early 20th century there was substantial Garden Village
expansion on the back of the shipyard and armaments factory.
The conservation area, designated in 1976, covers the majority of the
centre of Chepstow in order to protect the diversity of its historic
character. This appraisal has identified nine character areas. We
recommend accepting the consultants appraisal and would welcome your
views on the proposals. Comment by 31st October 2015 by email to
conservation@monmouthshire.gov.uk or in writing to the Planning
Department, Monmouthshire County Council, County Hall, The Rhadyr,
Usk NP15 1GA.