Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Whitecross Street
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 10 August 2005
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81281, -2.71388
- Cadw reference
- 85137
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
On the street continuing Church Street east out of the town centre.
History
Small mid C19 house fitted in between existing buildings. It is not shown on the John Wood map of 1835.
Exterior
Rendered and painted front with a Welsh slate roof and red brick stack. Double depth plan with entry in centre and garage door to left. Two storeys, three windows, 1 : 2 with the right hand part set forward but a continuous roofline. Door is a late C20 part-glazed replacement, overlight, continuous fascia above and over the window, which is a canted bay with plate glass sash, suggests it was originally a small shopfront. Upper windows are 6 over 6 pane sashes to right and an 8 over 8 pane sash under an elliptical head above the garage door. All windows with stone cills. Low pitch roof with stack on right gable. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a mid C19 house of definite character which is part of the important group of historic buildings near St. Mary's Church.
Nearby in the register
- 3 Whitecross StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Brecon HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Griffin PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 9 Whitecross StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.