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The Monmouth in the town of Monmouth, Wales.

map of Monmouth streets
The Listed buildings in Monmouth

Key

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Grade Criteria
Grade I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II Buildings of national importance and special interest.

The buildings

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No. Name Photograph Grade Date Location[A] Description
1 Drybridge House Drybridge House II 1671 51°48′32″N 2°43′24″W / 51.809°N 2.7233°W / 51.809; -2.7233 (Drybridge House) Drybridge House is a large 17th century Grade II* listed building in Monmouth, south east Wales. It is located to the southwest of the town, close to the “dry bridge” over a small stream, which is now buried beneath a nearby roundabout. It is now managed as the Bridges Community Centre.
2 St Thomas the Martyr Church St Mary's Church II* c.1170 51°48′30″N 2°43′13″W / 51.8084°N 2.720408°W / 51.8084; -2.720408 (St Thomas') The Church of St Thomas the Martyr is located beside the medieval Monnow Bridge across the River Monnow. At least part of the building dates from around 1180, and it has a fine 12th-century Norman chancel arch, though the exterior was largely rebuilt in the early 19th century.
3 Monnow Bridge Monnow Bridge I 13 C 51°48′32″N 2°43′12″W / 51.809°N 2.7200°W / 51.809; -2.7200 (Monnow Bridge) Monnow Bridge is the only remaining mediæval fortified river bridge in Great Britain with its gate tower still standing in place. It crosses the River Monnow ( ) some 500m above its confluence with the River Wye. Now pedestrianised, it is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade I listed building.
4 Robin Hood Inn Robin Hood Inn II* late medieval 51°48′34″N 2°43′09″W / 51.8095°N 2.7193°W / 51.8095; -2.7193 (Robin Hood Inn) The Robin Hood Inn, Nos. 124 and 126, Monnow Street is a public house of "late medieval" origins. It is constructed in stone, with a wide, fifteenth century four-centre doorway and is a rare medieval survival in Monmouth.
5 Roman Fort Blestium na c. 55AD 51°48′16″N 2°43′24″W / 51.80447°N 2.7233°W / 51.80447; -2.7233 (Roman Fort) Blestium (also Blestio in the Antonine Itinerary (Iter XIII)) was a small fort and iron working centre in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, part of Roman Britain. It has been identified with the site of the later town of Monmouth in south east Wales, located adjoining the confluence of the River Monnow with the River Wye.
6 King's Head Hotel King's Head Hotel II* 17 C 51°48′43″N 2°42′57″W / 51.811935°N 2.715721°W / 51.811935; -2.715721 (King's Head) The King's Head Hotel is a hotel standing opposite the Shire Hall in Agincourt Square. It dates from the mid-17th century, and as one of the major inns in Monmouth was reputedly visited by Charles I of England in 1645. It has a fine black-and-white painted stone façade and became an important posting inn in the late 17th century.
7 Shire Hall Shire Hall I 1724 51°48′43″N 2°42′55″W / 51.811973°N 2.715404°W / 51.811973; -2.715404 (Shire Hall) The Shire Hall is a prominent Grade I listed building in the town centre. It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions for Monmouthshire. In 1840, the court was the location of the trial of the Chartist leader John Frost and others for high treason for their part in the Newport Rising. The building was also used as a market place.
8 Great Castle House Great Castle Househ I 1673 51°48′46″N 2°42′59″W / 51.8127°N 2.7164°W / 51.8127; -2.7164 (Great Castle House) Great Castle House is a former town house built on the site of part of Monmouth Castle. It is arguably the town's most significant building in architectural terms. The house is located on Castle Hill, off Agincourt Square in Monmouth town centre.
9 Market Hall Market Hall II 1830s 51°48′47″N 2°42′55″W / 51.813°N 2.7154°W / 51.813; -2.7154 (Market Hall) The Market Hall, Priory Street, is an early Victorian building by the prolific Monmouth architect George Vaughan Maddox. It was constructed in the years 1837–39 as the centrepiece of a redevelopment of part of Monmouth town centre. After being severely damaged by fire in 1963, it was partly rebuilt and is now the home of Monmouth Museum (formerly the Nelson Museum). At the rear of the building are original slaughterhouses opening onto the River Monnow.
10 Monmouth Priory Monmouth Priory II* 1075 51°48′49″N 2°42′51″W / 51.8135°N 2.71413°W / 51.8135; -2.71413 (Monmouth Priory) Monmouth Priory, Priory Street, Monmouth, Monmouthshire is a building that incorporates the remains of the monastic buildings attached to St Mary’s Priory Church. The priory was a Benedictine foundation of 1075, and parts of the mediaeval buildings remain. The buildings were substantially redeveloped in the nineteenth century for use as St Mary's National School, and now form a community centre.
11 St Mary’s Priory Church St Mary's Church II* 18 - 19 C 51°48′48″N 2°42′50″W / 51.8132°N 2.714°W / 51.8132; -2.714 (St Mary’s Church) St Mary's Priory Church, in Whitecross Street, is an Anglican church founded as a Benedictine priory in 1075. The current church dates mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1952.
12 Monmouth County Gaol County Gaol II 1780s 51°49′01″N 2°42′47″W / 51.817°N 2.713°W / 51.817; -2.713 (County Gaol) The County Gaol was Monmouthshire's main prison when it was opened in 1790. A castellated medieval fortress, it served as the county jail of Monmouthshire and criminals or those who fell foul of the authorities were hanged here until the 1850s and some 3,000 people viewed the last hanging. The jail covered an area of about an acre, with a a chapel, infirmary, living quarters and a treadmill. It was closed in 1869.
13 Rolls Hall Rolls Hall II 1887 51°48′47″N 2°42′40″W / 51.813°N 2.711°W / 51.813; -2.711 (Rolls Hall) The Rolls Hall, Whitecross Street, is a Victorian hall, now public library, donated to the town in celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee by John Rolls, the future Lord Llangattock. It is a Grade II listed building as of 8 October 2005.
14 Judges' Lodgings Judges' Lodgings II 18c 51°48′47″N 2°42′43″W / 51.81306°N 2.712°W / 51.81306; -2.712 (Judges' Lodgings) The Judges' Lodgings, located in Whitecross Street, is an eighteenth century building, with earlier origins, on the edge of St James' Square. It has its origins as an early 16th century town house, becoming the 'Labour in Vain' inn around 1756. It was in use as the Judges' Lodgings for the Monmouth Assizes before 1835, and as the Militia Officers' Mess in the 1870s.
15 The Dispensary Dispensary na 1860s? 51°48′47″N 2°42′38″W / 51.8130°N 2.7106°W / 51.8130; -2.7106 (Dispensary) The Dispensary, Monmouth is a Georgian town house which is fairly typical of many town-centre houses in Monmouth, dating from the mid 18th century, but with early 19th century additions. It stands in St James' Square, opposite the Catalpa Tree.
16 Monmouth Methodist Church Methodist Church II* 1837 51°48′43″N 2°42′36″W / 51.812°N 2.710°W / 51.812; -2.710 (Methodist Church) Monmouth Methodist Church is set well back from St James' Street between buildings. Designed by George Vaughan Maddox and built in 1837, it retains its original galleries, organ loft and sophisticated pulpit.
17 St Mary's Roman Catholic Church St Mary's Roman Catholic Church II 1793 51°48′44″N 2°42′47″W / 51.812306°N 2.713°W / 51.812306; -2.713 (St Mary's R.C. Church) St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in St Mary's Street near the centre of Monmouth, is the earliest post-Reformation Catholic public place of worship to be permitted in Wales. The church is a late Georgian Roman Catholic church with later Victorian additions by the Catholic convert architect Benjamin Bucknall. It is a Grade II listed building as of 15 August 1974.
18 Angel Hotel Angel Hotel II 17 C 51°48′46″N 2°42′51″W / 51.8127°N 2.7142°W / 51.8127; -2.7142 (Angel Hotel) The Angel Hotel, Church Street, is a Grade II listed building. The building was in use as an inn in 1700 and closed in 1985, the longest period of continuous history of any public house in Monmouth. The building is of two storeys, with a roof of Welsh slate and a wooden Doric doorcase. During the late nineteenth century, the hotel was the headquarters of the Monmouth Branch of the Cyclists Touring Club
19 Savoy Theatre Savoy Theatre II* 19C 51°48′46″N 2°42′52″W / 51.81284°N 2.7145°W / 51.81284; -2.7145 (Savoy Theatre) The Savoy Theatre is a theatre and cinema in a town of some 9,000 residents in south east Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building, which was refurbished in 1928 in traditional style, and is reputedly the oldest working theatre site in Wales. It has a capacity of 360 seats and is now run by a charitable trust.
20 The White Swan Inn White Swan Inn II* rebuilt 1839 51°48′32″N 2°43′23″W / 51.809°N 2.723°W / 51.809; -2.723 (White Swan Inn) The White Swan Inn, White Swan Court, Church Street, is a eighteenth century former coaching inn. The building is of three storeys, with a prominent bay window on the ground floor, and faced with white stucco which dates from the early nineteenth century. There was an earlier inn, the Swan and Falcon, on this site from at least 1709.
21 Agincourt House Agincourt House II* 17-19C 51°48′45″N 2°42′54″W / 51.812472°N 2.715°W / 51.812472; -2.715 (Agincourt House) Agincourt House, No. 1 Agincourt Square is a notable early seventeenth century half-timbered building. The building has been much restored, but the bargeboard over the gable onto Agincourt Square gives a date of 1624. The initials either side of the date are those of William Roberts.
22 Beaufort Arms Hotel Beaufort Arms Hotel II* 1830s 51°48′43″N 2°42′54″W / 51.812°N 2.715°W / 51.812; -2.715 (Beaufort Arms) The Beaufort Arms Hotel, Agincourt Square, is a former coaching inn dating from the early eighteenth century, though the frontage may have been modified by the prolific early Victorian architect George Vaughan Maddox in the 1830s. A stone cornice on the central block still carries the inscription "The Beaufort Arms". It is a Grade II* listed building as of 27 June 1952
23 Hyam's Mineral Water Works Hyam's Mineral Water Works na 1866 51°48′40″N 2°42′50″W / 51.811°N 2.714°W / 51.811; -2.714 (Hyam's Water Works) Hyam's Mineral Water Works is a nineteenth century building at 23 Glendower Street. Formerly a mineral water works, it is currently used as residential apartments. This mineral water works for the manufacture of soda water, lemonade and ginger beer, was established in Glendower Street in 1866 by Thomas E. Hyam, a leading figure in nineteenth century Monmouth
24 The Nelson Garden Nelson Garden II* nom.1802 51°48′40″N 2°42′56″W / 51.811°N 2.7156°W / 51.811; -2.7156 (Nelson Garden) The Nelson Garden, on 13 Chippenhamgate Street, at the rear of No.18 Monnow Street is a nineteenth century garden that was the scene of a tea party held to honour Lord Nelson in 1802. It is bounded on the south by the line of the medieval town wall through which it is entered via a short underground passageway.
na Glendower House Glendower Hose II* nom.1802 51°48′41″N 2°42′51″W / 51.8113°N 2.7142°W / 51.8113; -2.7142 (Glendower House) Glendower House (or Glyndŵr House) is a Victorian former Congregational chapel constructed in a Classical style. It has been described as "a chapel of exceptional sophistication and elaboration of design and one of the earliest Italianate chapels in Wales". It is named after Prince Owain Glyndŵr.
na Old Nag's Head Nags Head II* c.1300 51°48′48″N 2°42′37″W / 51.8132°N 2.7104°W / 51.8132; -2.7104 (Nags Head) The Old Nag's Head is a public house which incorporates a "stone drum tower of the town defences" constructed c.1305. The tower is the only "upstanding remains of the town walls of Monmouth." The pub was designated a Grade II* listed building due to the "significant portion of a medieval gate-tower".
na Royal George Hotel Royal George Hotel II* prob.1730s 51°48′50″N 2°42′45″W / 51.8139°N 2.7125°W / 51.8139; -2.7125 (Royal George Hotel) The Royal George Hotel, Monk Street, Monmouth, Wales, is a Georgian townhouse, described as "one of the town's finest eighteenth century houses". The house is a Grade II* listed building. The building is of three storeys, with seven bays under a hipped roof. It was originally roughcast to imitate masonry and has a modillion eaves cornice.
na Statue of Charles Rolls Statue of Charles Rolls II* 1911 51°48′43″N 2°42′56″W / 51.812044°N 2.715631°W / 51.812044; -2.715631 (Statue of Rolls) The memorial statue to the aviation pioneer Charles Rolls stands in front of the Shire Hall in Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Wales. The 2.4 metre high bronze statue was designed by Sir William Goscombe John, R.A. and Sir Aston Webb, R.A. designed the pink granite plinth.

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Category:Monmouthshire Category:History of Monmouthshire Category:Blue plaques Category:Monmouth, Wales