68 Frogmore Street

Main details

 

Address:
Present Occupier:

Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

68 Frogmore Street
Principality Building Society

Offices
Accommodation

Before and After Images

 

1979/80

 2016


 

About the building

The lane between nos 68 & 69 leads to 7 Corners partly along the ditch of the Town Wall. (excavations by Abergavenny Archaeology Society)

Narrow buildings against the town wall, once the workshops of George Harris, cabinet maker and Boer War soldier, then Witcherly, painter & Hooper, plumber.

Early nineteenth century frontage with no evidence of older fabric and is possibly rebuilt.May have been built together with no 69 but the windows have slightly different spaces bewteen them. Twentieth century shop front.

 

Recent history

1993: Gateway cafe Advert “part-time staff wanted” Sept.

1958- 1980: Cafe, G Arata

1938: Hall’s butchers

 


 

Previous occupiers

Year

Name

Detail

Source

1946

T Boccacci

Cafe, house, shop & warehouse

1947 Rate Book

1937

J H Hale

Butcher

Kelly

1934

”     ”

Kelly

1930

”      ” (also at the rear of 5,7,9  Nevill Street)

Car/Npt & Dis

1926

”         ”

Kelly

1923

”        ”

Kelly

1920

Hall Bros

Kelly

1914

”      ”

Kelly

1910

”        ”

Kelly

1909

”         ”

Kelly

1906

”          ”

Kelly

1901

George Lewis

Kelly

1895

”          ”

Kelly

1891

”          ”

Kelly

1884

1881

William Davis

William Davies/Caroline Davies

Butcher/Dressmaker & Milliner

Kelly

Census

1879

W Davies/Mrs Davies

Butcher/Milliner

Thacker

1877

Owen

1875

Mrs C Davies

Milliner

Mer & Croc

1871

”        ”

Kelly

> 1868

1865

”         ”

Edward King on 1st floor?

Milliner & stay warehouse

Surgeon Dentist attends 1st Tuesday monthly

1862

Mrs C Davies

Milliner & stay maker

Morris & Co

1858

William Cotterell

Baker/flour dealer

Slater

1851

David Watkins

 

William Cotterell

Bookmaker employing 5 men & 3 women

Corn Dealer

 

Census

 

 

1845

Pigot

1844

Slater

1841

Slater

1835

Pigot

1834-45

Pigot

1834

Car/Npt & Dis

1822

Pigot

1792

Pigot



 


 

Other information

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