Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
19 St. James' Street
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, designated on 15 August 1974.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 August 1974
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81279, -2.71091
- Cadw reference
- 2337
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited within the linear group of historic buildings leading to St. James's Square on the east side of Monmouth and about 300m east of the town centre.
History
Early C19 and apparently little altered since.
Exterior
Rough rendered and painted elevation, Welsh slate roof with red brick and rendered stacks. Double depth house with central entry and rear entry to left. Three storeys, two bays. On ground floor, basket arch to through passage to left hand with doorway immediately to right of it; 4-panel door with top 2 panels cut away and glazed; rectangular fanlight with tracery; architrave; flat hood on brackets. In right hand ground floor bay, tripartite sash with 6 over 6 panes flanked by 2 over 2. On first floor, two French casements with 8 + 8 panes and overlights, wrought iron balconies before them. Two sash windows with 4 over 8 panes on second floor. Modillion eaves cornice, low pitch roof with paired brick stacks to right hand wall.
Rear elevation has replacement windows except for the arched stair window in the centre.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as an early C19 house of definite character near Monmouth town centre.
Nearby in the register
- 17 St. James' StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 15 St. James' StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 21 St. James' SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 St. James' StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.