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48 Frogmore Street (Baileys)

A Grade II Listed Building in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8242 / 51°49'26"N

Longitude: -3.0206 / 3°1'14"W

OS Eastings: 329754

OS Northings: 214441

OS Grid: SO297144

Mapcode National: GBR F5.W9CC

Mapcode Global: VH796.LDGY

Plus Code: 9C3RRXFH+MP

Entry Name: 48 Frogmore Street (Baileys)

Listing Date: 10 November 2005

Last Amended: 10 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 86828

ID on this website: 300086828

Location: Situated on the main commercial street which runs from south-east to north-west across Abergavenny.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Abergavenny (Y Fenni)

Community: Abergavenny

Built-Up Area: Abergavenny

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

This building dates probably from 1870-80 and was built as a shop premises with accommodation over. There has only been limited alteration since, mostly at ground floor level.

Exterior

Built of yellow brick with red brick banding and decoration, Welsh slate roof. Warehouse type building in a plain Italianate style. Double depth plan. Three storeys, 4-bays, 1 3, with three pilasters defining them. The ground floor has a centre entry shopfront with plain pilasters and deep fascia, plate glass display windows. The shopfront continues to the left into the single bay which was probably originally the entry to the premises above. The first floor has tall stilted arched windows, paired to left then single then paired, then single, all with terracotta capitals, the paired windows with a brick pier between, the glazing has been obscured, dripmoulds above. Moulded brick band between floors. The upper floor has 1 over 1 pane sash windows with brick heads. Sprocket eaves, plain roof.
Rear elevation not inspected.

Interior

Interior not seen at resurvey except that the ground floors of Nos.45-48 (consec) have been amalgamated into one shop.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a well preserved late C19 commercial building of definite character which has strong group value with other historic buildings in the centre of Abergavenny.

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