22 Frogmore Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 22 Frogmore Street |
| Present Occupier: | Cats Protection |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Charity Shop |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | c2015 |
About the Building
2006: The property was listed for auction in the local press by Paul Fosch Auctions. The Auction was advertised for 7th December, 2006 at the Park Inn, Cardiff with a guide price of £275,000. [Source: South Wales Argus 16/11/2006 p100].
2005: With No 21 Listed Building Grade II No. 86840
-this building was Grade II listed on 10th November 2005
https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300086840-22-frogmore-street-abergavenny
Thought to have been built as a pair of shops with no 21, with house premises above.
With no 21: Edwardian frontage showing skilled craftsmanship but overloaded with detail but said to have been built in 1712. Note the use of terracotta and the large & small window glass panes as sheet glass was coming in. (L Hurley). A photograph which can be dated to before 1892 shows a flush two storey brick front with three windows and a central doorway.
Probably the roof was raised to give added height to the second storey rooms when the frontage was rebuilt, probably in 1905, and the oriels and finials and the shop fronts were made. The back of the house may be the original 18th century one, which has an outside staircase to the first floor rooms. The present staircase has been turned around but has elegant balusters, possibly 18th century.
1989: MCC Planning No: 30634. Planning permission approved for Alterations and Additions to Shop and First Floor. No details given. Issued to Mr & Mrs C Craze 03/05/2009.
1979: MCC Planning No: 10987 Alt. Ref. No: DC/1979/01025. Planning permission was issued to Bernard Thorpe & Partners on10/10/1979 for a Change of Use from Office to Retail Shop.
1970’s: The extension at the back was made by Bernard Thorpe in the early 1970s. The garden abuts the Cibi Brook with fishing rights! A lot of straw was found under the floorboards in the 1970s, probably from packing around lamp glasses from when it was an ironmongers.[Mr Craze]
1950’s: In the 1950s, the original wooden water pipes were found probably laid in 1805 – see Minutes of the Improvement Commission. [Source: ALHS Survey 1980].
Recent History
2015: MCC Panning No: DC/2014/01142. This Planning Application was to extend the time period of Application DC/2009/00337 seeking approval for Modification to the rear of the property to provide an additional flat together with a detached dwelling to the north east of the site. There was to be no loss of commercial floor space from the development. The original application was approved and issued on 24/09/2009 but the private individuals who owned the property had not proceeded with the development in the approved 5 year time period allowed because of the UK economic climate at the time. The current application was for the period of consent to be extended and was Approved and issued to Mr Denver Rollings on 24/02/2015. A related Application No: DC/2014/01142 (Original DC/2009/00336) for Listed Building consent was also approved.
2015: ” Cats Protection” Animal Charity took up occupancy.
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 2011 | The Initiative Shop | Stationery /Office Supplies | StreetView Image July 2011 |
| 2010 | Richards | Toys, Crafts & Puzzles | StreetView Image Nov. 2010 |
| 2009 | Travellers World | Travel Agent | StreetView Image 2009 |
| 2005 – 2006 | The Wardrobe | Ladies fashions. (Also in Ystrad Mynach & Treorchy). | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 2000 | Floral Occasions | Florist. Advertisement Oct. 2000: “House of Cards” same address | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1988 – 1993 | Wise Owls | Bookshop | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1982 | Wise Owls | Bookshop | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1981 | Wise Owls | Bookshop run by Mr & Mrs Craze | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1975 | Bernard Thorpe & Partners | Monmouthshire Building Society | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1972 – 1973 | Bernard Thorpe & Partners | Land & Estate Agents, Auctioneers, Surveyors and Valuers | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1971 – 1981 | Bernard Thorpe | Estate Agent | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1961 – 1971 | Roy Bowen | Tobacco & Sweets (Mrs. Stephens) | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1937 – 1960 | ‘Tantivy’ | Confectioners ( Major Geoffrey Pike) | ALHS Survey 1980 |
| 1937 | Roberts | Tobacco & sweets | Mrs Stephens |
| 1934 | Roberts | Tobacco & sweets | Kelly |
| 1930 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1923 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1920 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1914 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1910 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1906 | G R Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1901 | Rees & Boundy | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1891 | William Rees | Ironmonger | Kelly |
| 1880 | J. Wells | Boot and Shoe Maker | Advertisement in Abergavenny Chronicle 12/11/1880 |
| 1879 | Mr Saunders | Toy & Fruit Seller | Thacker |
| 1865 | Richard James | Greengrocer | |
| 1862 | Richard James | Greengrocer | Morris & Co |
| 1851 |
Charles Saunders? |
Painter & Glazier | Census |
Other Information
1993: There was an announcement printed in the Bookseller journal stating that Bill and Gwyneth Craze had retired from bookselling and appointed Cynthia Stockham as manager of their shop. Mr and Mrs Craze were to remain in overall control of the shop until a suitable buyer for the business could be found. [Source: Bookseller 06/08/1993].
1916: An advertisement appeared in the South Wales Daily News for a 36in. diameter by 31in. deep Brewers Copper Furnace Pan in excellent condition for sale by Mr. G. R. Boundy at this address. [Source: South Wales Daily News 26/05/1916].
1902: There was a “Partnership Dissolved” announcement printed in the Western Mail in December relating to Rees and Boundy at 22 Frogmore Street. They were described as wholesale, retail and manufacturing ironmongers. [Source: Western Mail 10/12/1902]. Mr Boundy continued as a sole trader after the dissolution of the partnership.
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