4A High Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 4A High Street Present Occupier: Waterstones Present Owner: Ground Floor: Bookshop Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: 2006 as Waterstones   About the Building Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980: Fragments of timber frontage were found during alterations in 1959. Cellars and top storey windows filled in in 1959. Clay pipe found in the cellar. [Source: Mr Dulson] Possibly established in 1298 [Source : Mr Jackson] The present Greyhound Hotel (in Market Street, built 1872)  was the tap bar of the old Hotel. There are slight remains of hay dispensers and stables in the back yard. The hotel had 18 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, […]

3 High Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 3 High Street Present Occupier: Johnsons the Cleaners/Timpson shoe repair/The Photo Expert Present Owner: Ground Floor: shop Other Floors: storage Date when first used by present occupier:   About the Building The previous building on this site was of local stone, built in the late 16th century and had a cruck roof. It was demolished in 1961 and an Elizabethan lattice window is now in the museum, also some 19th century wallpaper. Printer’s proofs from 1810 – 53 were found hanging from the rafters in a walled-up attic including street ballads and execution broadsheets and a Moore’s almanack for 1836. There were four cottages at the rear. Photographs of […]

2 High Street About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 2 High Street Present Occupier: Phone Review Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: March 2024   About the Building 2a was a separate shop between approximately 1910 and 1920.     Recent History 2024 March : Phone Review moved from 1 High Street  Phone Review was at 1 High Street for unknown length of time  (building was seen to be in very poor state of repair)   They closed at No. 1 some time in late 2023 and moved to No.2 1990 – 2023 May:  Cancer Research Charity shop, moved to 6 High Street.     Previous Occupiers Year Name Detail Source c.1990 […]

Property Name About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information Address: 1 High Street Present Occupier: Vacant Present Owner: Ground Floor: Other Floors: Date when first used by present occupier: Vacant since 2024   About the Building Late 18th century shop [Source: Coflein NPRN: 37041 see https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/37041 ] Directly linked to Nos 11 and 23 Market Street.  The late Mr Jackson used to call often to see the stone steps from cellar to road level.  NOTE: Raised medievel pavement and hood mouldings over windows. [Source: J C Charles] Date 1560’s but cast iron columns have replaced the timbered ones.  The hood mouldings and barge boards have been replaced but are similar to the originals, as is the shape of the cruciform window looking down […]