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Latitude: 51.8114 / 51°48'40"N
Longitude: -2.7109 / 2°42'39"W
OS Eastings: 351088
OS Northings: 212764
OS Grid: SO510127
Mapcode National: GBR FL.X25W
Mapcode Global: VH86T.YQQS
Plus Code: 9C3VR76Q+GM
Entry Name: Old Entrance Gateway, River Wall and secondary Gate of Monmouth Boys School
Listing Date: 10 August 2005
Last Amended: 10 August 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 85221
Building Class: Education
ID on this website: 300085221
Location: In a group in between the town centre and the River Wye in the centre of the Monmouth School wall along the river.
County: Monmouthshire
Town: Monmouth
Community: Monmouth (Trefynwy)
Community: Monmouth
Built-Up Area: Monmouth
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Gate
Built probably in 1896 as a part of the improvements to Monmouth School designed by Henry Stock, architect to the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. This entrance to the school was closed as a result of the running of the A40 dual-carriageway between it and the river in 1961. The secondary gate was installed in the wall in 1941 after the destruction of Haberdashers' Hall in London in WWII.
Built of roughly squared and coursed old red sandstone with dressed quoins, and other dressings in Forest of Dean sandstone. Castellated wall running west along the A40 for about 75m from Wyebridge Street and returning north to meet the Design and Technology Centre (qv) on Wyebridge Street. The wall, about 3m in height, is topped by coped castellations standing on a band, both of Forest stone. The old entrance gate, now blocked, is canted across the corner and has a 4-centred arch flanked by octagonal turrets with pepper pot tops. Above the arch are the arms of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers with supporting shields. Along to the left is an arched footgate with a decorative double wrought iron gate of C18 date which was brought from Haberdashers' Hall in London.
Included as an adjunct to the late Victorian buildings of Monmouth school and for its additional historic interest as a part of an important town grammar school.
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