Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
86879
Building Number
16
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/11/2005
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005
Name of Property
16 Cross Street
Address
16 Cross Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329979
Northing
214092
Street Side
SW
Location
Situated on the main commercial street which runs from south-east to north-west across Abergavenny.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
An early C19 house given a shop in the C19 and with this further developed in the late C20; maps show it to have been built between 1800 and 1834. The corner of the property is curved to the corner of the narrow Lower Castle Street, presumably to allow large drays to get round. This is probably an original feature; it is shown as now in an 1882 engraving.
Exterior
Rendered and painted front with Welsh slate roof and red brick stack. Double depth plan with entry off-set to right. Three storeys, three windows. The ground floor has a late C20 shopfront in C19 character having a 3-light display window on either side of the entrance and a deep fascia. The part to the right of the entrance is curved round the corner of Lower Castle Street (see History). The first floor has 8 over 8 pane sashes and the second floor 4 over 8 pane ones, with the right hand one curved to the corner. Steeply pitched plain roof with stack to right gable. Side elevation has two small windows on the upper floors.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey. The ground floor has been completely altered in the late C20.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a well preserved early C19 building retaining its character, which has strong group value with the other historic buildings in the centre of Abergavenny.
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