Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Cross Street
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
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
- 51.82183, -3.01851
- Cadw reference
- 86887
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 opposite the Town Hall on the main commercial street which runs from south-east to north-west across Abergavenny.
History
Early/mid C19, probably 1830-45 in origin but much rebuilt in the late C20 when the shopfront was added.
Exterior
Rendered and painted elevation with a Welsh slate roof. Square double depth plan with central entry. Three storeys, two windows. The ground floor has a late C20 shop front with aluminium framed plate glass windows and continuous fascia. First floor with 8 over 8 pane sashes. Plat band between floors. Eight over 8 pane sashes to second floor as before. Deep projecting eaves on paired brackets, plain low pitch roof, the large stack on the party wall shown to right ridge in mid C20 photographs has now gone.
Rear elevation not inspected.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey apart from the entirely reconstructed ground floor.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a well preserved early/mid C19 building retaining its character, which has strong group value with the other historic buildings in the centre of Abergavenny.
Nearby in the register
- 3 Cross StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 4 Cross StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Abergavenny BookshopCommercialunder 1 mi
- 23 Market StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.