Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
14 Cross Street
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 1 November 1974
- Locality
- Abergavenny
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Abergavenny
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.82133, -3.01761
- Cadw reference
- 2401
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the main commercial street which runs from south-east to north-west across Abergavenny.
History
Early C19 with a late C19 and C20 shopfront.
Exterior
Rendered and painted front with a natural slate roof. Double depth central entry plan. Three storeys, two windows with quoin pilasters and a band at second floor level. Mainly C20 full width shopfront with central entrance, flanking display windows and large Victorian scroll brackets at either end of the fascia. Upper floors have 8 over 8 pane sashes. Deep eaves, low pitch roof with red brick stack on left gable.
Rear elevation not inspected.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey. The ground floor has been altered in the C20.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a well preserved early C19 frontage retaining its character, which has strong group value with the other historic buildings in the centre of Abergavenny.
Nearby in the register
- 13 Cross StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Angel HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- 11A Cross StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 11 Cross StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.