Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
70 Frogmore Street
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, designated on 10 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 10 November 2005
- Locality
- Abergavenny
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Community
- Abergavenny
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.82280, -3.01946
- Cadw reference
- 86816
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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 232 Abergavenny (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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/mid C19, probably 1840s, with a late C20 shopfront.
Exterior
Smooth rendered and painted front with a Welsh slate roof. Double depth plan. Three storeys, two windows. Modern shopfront with central pier, flanking display windows with entrance in the left hand one. First floor has 8 over 8 pane sashes and second floor has 4 over 8 panes ones. Plain low pitch roof with eaves on paired brackets and stack on left gable.
Rear elevation both plain and altered.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey except that the ground floor has few visible historic features.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as an early/mid C19 frontage retaining its character, which has strong group value with other historic buildings in the centre of Abergavenny.
Nearby in the register
- 1 Nevill StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 69 Frogmore StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 68 Frogmore StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 3 Nevill StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.