Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
16 St. James' Square
Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 August 2005
- Locality
- Monmouth
- Town
- Monmouth
- Community
- Monmouth
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81325, -2.71093
- Cadw reference
- 85199
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
Prominently sited within the main group of historic buildings on the east side of Monmouth and about 300m east of the town square.
History
A possibly c1600 house with its external treatment dating from the C19. It was one property together with No. 14 when a garage between the wars and was then divided into two houses with the resulting changes. No. 16 had workshops on the ground floor and, as a result, is the more altered of the two.
Exterior
Rendered and painted front with a Welsh slate roof. Main range parallel with street. Two storeys and attic, four windows, 3 + 1. Entrance central to the 3, with part glazed door and a hood/porch which is continuous with the roofs of the flanking canted bays which have 2 over 2 pane sashes flanked by 1 over 1. The first floor has later C19 2 over 2 pane sashes. The additional bay to right has a standard 6 over 6 pane sash on either floor. Two gabled dormers in roof; roof hipped to right. Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
The house has been very altered internally (see History) and no ancient features were seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a multi-period building of definite character near Monmouth town centre.
Nearby in the register
- 14 St. James' SquareNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 12 St. James' SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- St. James's HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.