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NOS.56 & 58 Monnow Street, Gwent

A Grade II* Listed Building in Monmouth, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8106 / 51°48'38"N

Longitude: -2.7174 / 2°43'2"W

OS Eastings: 350640

OS Northings: 212689

OS Grid: SO506126

Mapcode National: GBR FL.X0L6

Mapcode Global: VH86T.VR9B

Plus Code: 9C3VR76M+73

Entry Name: NOS.56 & 58 Monnow Street, Gwent

Listing Date: 27 June 1952

Last Amended: 10 August 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2292

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300002292

Location: On Monmouth's principal commercial street which leads out of the town square going south-west to Monnow Bridge.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Monmouth

Community: Monmouth (Trefynwy)

Community: Monmouth

Built-Up Area: Monmouth

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Cornwall House occupies the site of three burgage plots which had already been combined by the C16 when an inn stood here. By 1678 a building called Great House stood here. The agent of the Duke of Beaufort, Henry Burgh, rebuilt the house in 1752, and the brick front facing Chippenham is probably of this date. At the turn of the C18 and C19, a rear block was remodelled as the house was "turned round" to face Monnow Street. This block incorporates or re-uses earlier C18 material including windows with thick glazing bars. The house was divided into two around 1860, and the top storey of the Monnow Street front may date from then. No.56 is now the offices of the Monmouth Beacon.

Interior

The interior has been altered in its conversion to newspaper offices but it retains some early C19 joinery, 6-panel doors and a open well stair with closed string, turned balusters and mahogany handrail. This could be the secondary staircase from the old house stripped out and replaced with new detail but to the same design type. There is an Adam style fireplace with fluted Corinthian half columns in the main ground floor room and two others (not seen) are reported. Upper rooms largely featureless but heavy principal rafter roof visible in part.

Reasons for Listing

Included and highly graded for its special interest as as one of the finest individual houses in the Monmouth town centre.

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