57 Cross Street
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Date when first used by present occupier:
57 Cross Street
St David’s Foundation
??
Charity Shop
23 August 2005 (opening of shop)
Before and After Images
1979/80
2015
About the building
Source : Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:
Late 18th or early 19th century (Welsh Office)
Brick. Keystone in architraves. Cellars have been filled in. Dentil cornice. Slate roof (Welsh Office)
View from Brewery Yard – Nos 54/55 56 57
Recent history
At time of last survey, photograph shows the cafe sign as “Iris’s”
According to adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle, there were various firms of quantity surveyors/accountants at times during 1970s/1980s and 1990s. Assuming these were upstairs offices
c. 1976 Meredith’s Bread Shop (Harry Kear bought Meredith’s but trades under same name)
c.1960s : Alderton – Baker
c. 1939-1955 : Dorothy’s Cafe (D Lewis) – House & Shop
Previous occupiers
Year
Name
Detail
Source
c.1976
Bread Shop
1937
W H Butt (residence over shop)
Tailor & Clothier
Kelly
1934
W H Butt
Tailor & Clothier
Kelly
1930
W H Butt
Tailor & Clothier (were at no.7 High St in 1926)
Car/Npt & Dis
1926
William Harwood Staines
Outfitter
Kelly
1923
William Harwood Staines (from 1920)
Outfitter
Kelly
1920
Walter Harry Tayler
Outfitters (sole agent for Tress Caps)
Kelly
1914
Walter Harry Tayler
Outfitters
Kelly
1910
Walter Harry Tayler
Outfitters
Kelly
1906
Walter Harry Tayler
Outfitters
Kelly
1901
Edward Restall & Son
Clothiers
Kelly
1895
Edward Restall & Son
Clothiers
Kelly
1891
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Kelly
1884
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Kelly
1879
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Thacker
1877
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Owen
1875
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Mer & Croc
1871
Edward Restall & Son
Hatter
Kelly
1865
Isaac Restall
Hat manufacturer
Webster
1862
Isaac Restall
Hat manufacturer
Morris & Co
1858
Isaac Restall
Hat manufacturer
Slater
1850
Isaac Restall
Hat manufacturer
Pigot
Other information
Source : Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:Mrs Butt was the daughter of Delafields, Brewers of the King’s Arms. She lived to be 103
Isaac Restall formerly worked for William and Elizabeth Lewis of no.55 Cross Street and Elizabeth bequeathed him the tools of her trade.
Photograph of Advert (c.1895) “E Restall, Practical Hatter, 57 Cross Street, Abergavenny. Established 1808. Christy’s felt and silk hats. Scarves, Ties, Gloves &c. Paris Hats Cleaned and Re-trimmed”
Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle:
1938 :ad for W H Butt – clothing and outfitters
1971 : ad for L J Briggs & Evans, quantity surveyors (?was this upstairs)
1982/1984/1988/1989 : ad for Iris’s Cafe – sandwiches/cakes/wedding cakes
1988 : ad for Building Survey Service, from 1 September (?was this upstairs)
2000 : ad for Chat’s Cafe
2000 :ad for Gratton Smith & Co, Accountants (?was this upstairs)
2005 : ad for St David’s Foundation, Charity Shop, opening 23 August 2005
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