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
86887
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/11/2005
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
2 Cross Street
Address
2 Cross Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329897
Northing
214180
Street Side
SW
Location
Situated opposite the Town Hall on the main commercial street which runs from south-east to north-west across Abergavenny.
Description
Broad Class
Period
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.
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