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Bank Street, CHEPSTOW, NP16 5EN

Number 11 Bank Street was built in the 18th century, remodelled in the 19th century and again in the 20th century. This small shop with accommodation above is constructed of Rendered rubble stone under a tile roof behind a plain cornice. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2491 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

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Number 12 Bank Street is the former Bell Hotel now converted to offices and shops. Built in the 18th century of brick, now painted, with a slate roof. The hotel had operated on this site since at least 1763 until it closed in 1972. The former carriage entrance is now a through passage to shops and car park. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2492 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

Number 13 Bank Street has an early 19th century frontage to, or adjoining, an earlier building, shown by the corbelled corner, with a 19th century shopfront. Formerly an inn, the Lamb and Flag from 1766 to 1817, later The Wheatsheaf Inn. Constructed of stuccoed rubble stone under a slate roof. The side downhill has an elevation of rubble stone corbelled out at first floor level. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2493 Chepstow, the most easterly town in Wales, is located on the tidal River Wye, some 3 miles above its confluence with the River Severn. There is evidence of continuous human occupation from the Mesolithic period. The town grew in importance when the Normans erected a castle at what was the lowest bridging point of the River Wye. The town flourished as a port, being exempt from English taxation, and it mainly traded in timber and bark from the Wye Valley. The town became an important centre for tourism from the late eighteenth century.

The Castle View Hotel,very colourful looking property

This plaque is set into the pavement outside Woolworths, in the High Street.

'Boatman' is a sculpture in two parts, consisting of a bronze figure of a man sitting on a stone boat with another smaller boat nearby. The sculptor was Andre Wallace, who was commissioned as part of the town centre regeneration scheme.

The Boatman sculpture was designed to reflect Chepstow's industrial heritage.