28 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 28 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Empty – for sale with pinkmove.co.uk Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building Text to come.     Recent History Victoria Tea Rooms moved to 53 Frogmore Street approx 2017 2018 : Building for sale with pinkmove.co.uk for £265,000, including shop and 3 one-bedroom flats, with expected rental income £25,200.     Previous Occupiers Year Name Detail Source 1937 Mrs Anne Maxwell Butcher, No 28A Kelly 1934 Mrs Anne Maxwell Butcher, No 28A Kelly 1926 Thomas H Maxwell Pork Butcher, No 28A Kelly 1923 Thomas H Maxwell Pork Butcher, No 28A Kelly 1914 Thomas […]

Baptist Church, Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: Baptist Church, Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: In use since 1878   About the Building On 1 January 1807, the Abergavenny Baptist Academy started for the education of young men for the Ministry. In 1836, the Academy was removed to Pontypool and then to Cardiff. The Academy of 1807 was situated on the site of the Old Sunday School or Enon House, Pen y Pound. The Sunday School was demolished in the 1970s for an extension of Tesco’s supermarket. The new chapel built in 1877 on the corner of Pen y Pound and Frogmore Street is […]

27A Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 27A Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Demolished for the  building of Tesco supermarket Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building 1950’s 1960s 1913: The South Wales Weekly Argus reported that the property had been sold to Mr T. H. Maxwell for £1,215. The property was described as a freehold shop, dwelling house and premises in the occupation of Mr W. J. Day, Hay & Corn Merchant upon lease of 21 years from 25th March 1895 at an annual rental of £42 per annum. [South Wales Weekly Argus 12/07/1913 p7] Recent History 1960: ?ladies boutique; “Emlyns” Upholsterer. 1950s Maxwell confectioner   Previous […]

27 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 27 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Demolished and replaced by Tesco Metro store Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building Abergavenny Chronicle printing works 1937-1960 was demolished for the erection of Tesco’s. The Frogmore Street Baptist church and Sunday School, or Memorial Hall, right, was demolished in 1979 to enlarge the supermarket and some of the gravestones can be seen at the rear of the building. The chapel was built in a simple round-headed style with a gable entry. (RACHMW record 2010) See more information about the chapel below. To the rear of no 26 Doug Jones Ltd ran a […]

26 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 26 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Demolished to extend Tesco Metro Supermarket Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building 1871 – 1965: Owned by Abergavenny Chronicle but no 26 leased to Co-operative until 1962. 1950’s: Map [Source: ALHS Survey 1980]   1947: M Morgan & Co Ltd House & shop (Rate book) Private house. Advert. for woman for housework. [Source: ALHS Survey 1980]. 2012: MCC Planning No: DC/2012/00581. Approval issued to Tesco Stores Ltd. on 03/09/2012 for the installation of timber cladding to the to the front elevation of the store near the store entrance and new trolley bays. This […]

25 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 25 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: Auberge Wine Bar Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building For most of its life from 1842, this building was a hostelry known as “The Old Herefordshire House”. More information about the hostelry can be found in the following publication:  OLDING Frank, “Abergavenny Pubs”, The History Press, 2005 Reprint 2024, P55 – 57. The original building had a thatched roof but was rebuilt in the 1960s. You could walk down the lane under the arch to the right. This was also the entrance to the stables, to the Cibi Brook, and along the brook […]

24 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 24 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: ZaZa’s Barber Present Owner: Ground Floor: Men’s barbers Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: September 2019   About the Building Eastmans still in mosaic on front doorstep. Upper front of the building has three windows. A side alley leads to the rear and is an entrance to the flats above. Probably Victorian, note the purple & grey slates making a pattern on the roof. 1990: MCC Planning No: 32657. Alt. Ref. No: DC/1990/00417. Approval issued to Connaught carpets on 05/08/1990 for Existing Flats to be Used as a Sales Area. 1975: MCC Planning No: 03025. Alt. Ref. No: DC/1975/01007. Approval for […]

23 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 23 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: FUZION, Italian Restaurant Present Owner: Mr  Petrelli, applicant for alcohol licence Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: 29 May 2025   About the Building Probably Victorian. Built with no 24 and the Gazette office. Note the rounded dormer windows and the purple and grey slates making a pattern on the roof (L Hurley)   Recent History 2025: From 29 May 2025  : Fuzion Restaurant : family-run restaurant 2023: Tapas Twist : Closed early in year – possibly another victim of energy costs/rent/rates/pandemic [ALHS Survey 1980+] 2019: MCC Planning No: DM/2018/01803. Alt. Ref. No: PP-07271466. Approval issued to Mr Lee […]

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 […]

21 Frogmore Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 21 Frogmore Street Present Occupier: The Codfather Present Owner: Ground Floor: Fish and Chip Shop Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building 2005: With No 22 Listed Building Grade II No. 86835 -this building was GradeII listed on 10th November 2005. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300086835-2122-frogmore-street-abergavenny The present structure was built as a pair of shops, Nos. 21 and 22, with house premises over and dating probably from c1905. They have had little alteration since. These premises are, however, said to be early C18, possibly 1714, and refronted in the Edwardian period, and old photographs show that the building is of more than one date. A photograph, […]