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
86886
Building Number
19  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
07/02/1973  
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005  
Name of Property
19 Market Street  
Address
19 Market Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire  
Community
Abergavenny  
Town
Abergavenny  
Locality
Abergavenny  
Easting
329920  
Northing
214214  
Street Side
NW  
Location
Part of the group of historic buildings near the Town Hall in the main commercial centre of Abergavenny.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
c1600, altered in the C19 and C20.  

Exterior
Rear elevation not inspected.  

Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey except for the ground floor shop which has few visible historic features.  

Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a row of C16/C17 town shops with the raised pavement and covered access characteristic of West Country town building.  

Group Description
Nos. 19 and 21 Market Street Rendered and painted front, probably partly timber framed and with a stone rear wall, natural slate roof. Single depth plan continuous jetty house, now divided into two properties. Two storeys and attic, three bays, 1 + 2. The ground floor projects over the pavement and is supported on five iron posts, the one at the left hand end also working for No. 23 (qv); plain panelled doors and C20 small paned shopfronts. The first floor has a 2 + 2 pane casement with dripmould on the left, this a part of the design of the adjoining No. 23 (qv). In the centre is a 3 + 3 pane casement and on the right a 3-light casement with the original timber mullions, but the exterior mouldings have been hacked off. Steeply pitched roof with three sloping topped dormers with slated cheeks and 2 + 2 pane casement windows, rebuilt red brick stacks.  

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