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Introduction to High Street

HIGH STREET  based on the original Abergavenny Local History Society  Survey 1980.

This runs from the medieval north gate to the crossing of Flannel Street and Market Street.  The east side still shows burgage pattern, but almost certainly the “wedge” behind the west side which includes St John’s Church building, now used as a Masonic Hall, suggests an early market site. It first appears as a street in the C14 Lord of Abergavenny records.

The name, High Street, comes from the Norman custom of raising their roadways on an embankment above or higher than the surrounding land. It is the commonest name for a street in the United Kingdom.

There were graves discovered in the 1960s when Woolworths built extensions on the rear of High Street, so the graveyard of St John’s may well have extended across to the other side of the High Street.

High Street is numbered 1 – 15 on the east side from Market Street to the North Gate at the beginning of Frogmore Street and returns on the west side nos. 16 – 24 from the corner of Nevill Street to St John’s Street.

Properties

1 High Street
2 High Street
3 High Street
4A High Street
4B High Street
5 High Street
6 High Street
7 High Street
8 High Street
9 and 10 High Street
11 High Street
12 High Street
13 High Street
14 High Street
15 High Street
16, 17 and 18 High Street
19 and 19A High Street
20 High Street
21 High Street
22 High Street
23 High Street
24 High Street
25 and 25A High Street
26 High Street

 

 

1 High Street

Property Name

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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]

 

Recent History

2025 April 10: Mobile Accessories Ltd Changed registered address from No 1 to No2.  [Source: Companies House Registered change of address]

2024:  Work was carried out on the overhang on the Market Street side of the building.

2016- 2024: Phone Revive moved from here to No 2 High Street. In 2016 was spelt ‘Fone’ [ 2016 date Source: Google maps Street View July 2016;     2024 date Source: Walk by, 2024]

17 May 2016 Mobile Accessories Ltd  Source: Companies House Registered change of address to No 1 High Street

From at least 2009 Oct – 2015/16: Abergavenny Book shop [2009 & 2015 date  Source: Google maps Street view Oct 2009 & Oct 2015]

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1970 Kelly
1937 Kelly
1934 Kelly
1930 Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Kelly
1924 Kelly
1923 Kelly
1920 Kelly
1914 Kelly
1910 Kelly
1906 Kelly
1901 Kelly
1895 Kelly
1891 Kelly
1884 Kelly
1879 Thacker
1877 Owen
1875 Mer & Croc
1871 Kelly
1865
1862 Morris & Co
1858 Slater
1851 Census
1845 Pigot
1844 Slater
1835 Pigot
1826 Deeds
1822 Pigot
1810 Deeds

 

 

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2 High Street

2 High Street

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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

March 2024 : Moved from 1 High Street – NB which property appears to have never been listed on the posts for the Street Survey.    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 late 2023 and now moved to No.2

From C1990s to May 2023 : Cancer Research Charity Shop.   Moved to 6 High Street.

From 1986: American Express Travel, travel agents

From 1952 (2 and 2a): Curry’s, selling bikes, prams, radiograms etc. Selling cycles, TVs and electrical goods by 1956. In 1959 washing machines were being sold, and “103 payments of 12/4d” were distributed. In 1960 advertisement for a TV and electrics boy to do general duties. In 1962 a salesman over 21 needed, £10 starting wage + commission.

1938: Berry’s, selling glass, china and cooking ware, occupied the building

Edward Baker was owner prior to 1877 and died on 14th January 1914, after which his daughter Gladys Barrington Daniel (nee Baker), widow of Algernon Daniel, became owner and sold to Mr Berry in 1920.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Berry’s Stores China, glass and earthenware Kelly
1934 Berry’s Stores China, glass and earthenware Kelly
1930 Berry’s Stores China, glass and earthenware Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Berry’s Stores China, glass and earthenware Kelly
1923 G R Boundy

China and glass dealers

 Kelly
1920 G R Boundy (& 2a John Berry; Bootmaker)

China and glass dealers

 Kelly
1914 G R Boundy (& 2a John Berry; Bootmaker) Ironmonger Kelly
1910 Edward Baker (& 2a Joseph Norton; Bootmaker) China and glass Kelly
1906 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Kelly
1901 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Kelly
1895 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Kelly
1891 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Kelly
1884 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Kelly
1879 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Thacker
1877 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Owen
1875 Edward Baker China and glass warehouse Mer & Croc
1871 W Herbert Boot and shoe maker Kelly
1865 W Herbert Boot and shoe maker Webster
1858 Mrs Margaret Griffith Milliner and dressmaker Slater
1850 Mrs Margaret Griffith / George Baker (Haberdasher) & Adolphus Fairchild (carpenter & joiner) Milliner and dressmaker Pigot
1844 Mrs Margaret Griffith Milliner and dressmaker Slater
1836 Mrs Margaret Griffith Milliner and dressmaker Pigot

 

 

 

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3 High Street

3 High Street

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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 the old building can be found in the museum.

 

 

 

Recent History

After Aug 2018 Timpsons shared these premises. [Source: Reviews start for Timpsons, Abergavenny in 2018]

As at 2018 Aug – Johnsons Dry Cleaners wasn’t a shared premises, no shared sinage. [Source: Google Street View Aug 2018]

From 1986 – Bollom Dry Cleaners

From 1973 – Welsh Dry Cleaners

From 1961 – Principality Dry Cleaners. Advertisement for girl assistant in 1969.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Maypole Dairy Co. Provision Dealers Kelly
1934 Maypole Dairy Co. Provision Dealers Kelly
1930 (old building demolished?) Car/Npt & Dis
1923 Miss Gladys M Harrhy Stationer Kelly
1920 Miss Gladys M Harrhy Stationer Kelly
1914 Harriet Carey (until 1921) Fancy Stationer Kelly
1910 Harriet Carey Fancy Stationer Kelly
1906 Mrs A J Carey Stationer and Bookseller Kelly
1901 Frederick Rolfe Crockford Stationer and Fancy Rep. Kelly
1891 Thomas & Edmunds (Minerva Printers and Booksellers) Stationers, printers and newsagent Kelly
1877 Henry Thomas & John Edmonds Printers and Stationers Owen
1875 Henry Thomas & John Edmonds Printers and Stationers Mer & Croc
1871 Minerva Printing Office Printing office Kelly
1865 James Hiley Morgan Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor Webster
1858 James Hiley Morgan Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor Slater
1850 James Hiley Morgan Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor (employing 4 men) Pigot
1844 James Hiley Morgan Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor Slater
1836 James Hiley Morgan Printer, bookseller, patent medicine vendor Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

James Hiley Morgan moved from Brecon to Abergavenny in 1821.

Miss Gladys M Harrhy had moved to 20 Frogmore Street by 1926.

 

 

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4A High Street

4A High Street

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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, a bar and a ballroom. There was a long bar, about 25 yards long, running parallel to Market Street, and it was great meeting place for the rugby, tennis and bowling clubs.

The Vaults, Market Street, was the Tap Room of the Greyhound Inn.

 

 

Recent History

From 2006 to present     Waterstones book shop*

From ??  to 2006            Ottakers book shop*

From 1983 to ??    George Oliver Footwear Ltd moved here in 1983,  from 20 High Street

1972 : George Masons [Source: Abergavenny Chronicle]

From 1959 to ??  4A High Street : George Masons/International/Pricerite – grocers – this was all the same firm (at that time, on the upper floors was storage for Cavendish furniture (at no.4B) and a private flat which was formed from a block of 5 bedrooms from the Hotel.

*Waterstones opened its first branch in London in 1982. Ottakar’s was established in 1987 and expanded rapidly.  By 2006 it was present in 141 locations.   Following a rumoured takeover by HMV and also a possible management buyout by founders James Heneage and Philip Dunne, the company was finally bought by Waterstones who took over on 31 May 2006 [Source : en.wikipedia.org]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
to 1959
Greyhound Hotel Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1937 Owner 1938  Greyhound Co Ltd. Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1934 Prop: Mrs M Cotton Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1930 Prop: C C Daft 1927-31) Greyhound Hotel Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Prop: Rees, Rogers & Co Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1923 Prop Rees, Rogers & Co 1923-26 Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1920 Prop: Mrs Ethel Maud Reynolds Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1914 Prop : Mrs Emily Tovell Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1910 Prop: Mrs Emily Tovell 1910-1914 Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1906 Prop: Francis Albert McGraith
Owner : R P Culley		 Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1901 Prop: Francis Albert McGraith
Owner : R P Culley &  Co Ltd (1901-06)		 Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1895 Prop : 1891-95 Walter C Williams Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1891 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1884 Prop Rees, Rogers & Co 1923-26 Greyhound Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1879 Prop: William Tucker
Owner 1880 :  William Tucker		 Greyhound Hotel Thacker / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1877 Prop: William Tucker Greyhound Hotel Owen
1875 Prop: William Tucker Greyhound Hotel Mer & Croc
1871 Prop 1871-1880 : William Tucker
Owner 1872 : William Tucker. 1873 : S W Tucker		 Greyhound Hotel / Inland Revenue Office, William Herring Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1865 Prop: Philip Morgan
Prop : 1868 Mrs Tucker.  Owner 1868 : S W Tucker		 Greyhound Hotel / from 1862 Inland Revenue Office Webster / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1858 Prop: Philip Morgan (from 1853-65)
Owner 1853-1864 : Robert Williams		 Greyhound Hotel Slater
1852 Sept Philip Morgan Greyhound Hotel Hereford Times 1852 Sept 28th
1851 Prop :1850-52 Timothy Buck
Owner in 1849 : Mrs Hickman; Owner 1850-51 Duke of Beaufort		 Greyhound Hotel Census / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1850 Prop: 1849 William Morgan Greyhound Hotel Pigot
1844 Prop: John Richards
Owner in 1839 : Duke of Beaufort		 Greyhound Hotel Slater / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1835 Prop: John Richards
Prop 1830-1835:George Evans
Prop ?Hickman in 1839		 Greyhound Hotel Pigot / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1822 Prop : Thomas Evans (1822-23) Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1811 Prop 1811 John Strange Greyhound Hotel Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1794 Prop : Mrs Ann Wallington (owner 1791, prop 1791-1794) Greyhound Hotel Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1787 Mr C Wallington Greyhound Hotel Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding

 

 

 

Other Information

The Tucker family seems to have acquired the Greyhound sometime between 1865 & 1868 and various member of the family were to run the business from then until at least 1882.  By July 1872 William Tucker had extended the hotel & added the new Tap & Billiard Room in March Street, now known as the  Greyhound Vaults.   Behind the Vaults, the hotel even had its own bowling green [Source : Abergavenny Pub,  Frank Olding p 71] 

On census night, 1851, there were in residence: Timothy Black, his wife and 5 children, 2 visitors and 5 servants. [Source : Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980]

1794 :  the Abergavenny Improvement Committee met here, to redevelop the decayed Town Hall and Market

1800 : Abergavenny Society for the prosecution of felons met here

1839 : The Greyhound was owned by the Duke of Beaufort

1851 : “Paul Pry” the Daily Coach to and from London, via Gloucester,  Ross & Monmouth, departed 1.30 pm

1854 : There was a horse bus service to connect with trains

1862-65 : also Inland Revenue office

1871 : William Herring, Inland Revenue Supervisor

1927 : The murderers Brown and Kennedy stayed here

[1794-1927  Source : Thacker, Abergavenny Local History  Society  Survey 1980]

Proprietor Philip Morgan, in 1862, also kept the Angel and a farm

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

1967 : ad for George Masons, wines & spirits

1969 : ad for George Masons, Christmas fare

1970 : ad for George Masons

 

 

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4B High Street

4B High Street

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Address: 4B High Street
Present Occupier: Holland & Barrett
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Health Foods
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

All following is as shown on the history for 4A High Street – 4A and 4B was the Greyhound Hotel up to 1959.

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Fragments of timber frontage were found during alterations in 1959.  Cellars filled in in 1959. Top storey windows filled in in 1959 [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 stables and hay dispensers in the back yard.

The hotel had 18 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms, bar and ballroom. Dining for 150.  There was a long bar, about 25 yards long, running parallel to Market Street and it was a great meeting place for the rugby, tennis and bowling clubs.

The Vaults, Market Street, was the Tap Room of the Greyhound Inn.

 

 

Recent History

From between 2010 & 2015  – still in situ 9/2025   Holland & Barrett : vitamins/dietary supplements [between 2010 & 2015 date Source: Google maps Street View Nov 2010 & Oct 2015]

(Holland & Barrett were formed in 1870 by Alfred Barrett and Major William Holland.  It has undergone many changes of ownership and is now owned by a private equity group since 2010 [Source : en.wikipedia.org]

From 1959 to ?? : Cavendish Furniture retailers (storage of furniture was also upstairs over no.4A)

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 to 1959 Greyhound Hotel Kelly & Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1934 Prop : Mrs M Cotton Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1930 Prop : C C Daft Greyhound Hotel Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1923 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1920 Prop : Mrs Ethel Maude Reynolds Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1914 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1910 Prop : Mrs Emily Tovell Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1906 Prop : R P Culley Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1901 Prop : F A McGraith Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1895 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1891 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1884 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1879 Prop : W Tucker Greyhound Hotel Thacker
1877 Prop : W Tucker Greyhound Hotel Owen
1875 Prop : W Tucker Greyhound Hotel Mer & Croc
1871 Greyhound Hotel Kelly
1865 Prop : Philip Morgan Greyhound Hotel Webster
1862 Prop : Philip Morgan Greyhound Hotel Morris & Co
1858 Prop : Philip Morgan Greyhound Hotel Slater
1852 Sept Philip Morgan Greyhound Hotel Hereford Times 1852 Sept 28th
1850 Prop : John Richards Greyhound Hotel Pigot
1844 Prop : John Richards Greyhound Hotel Slater
1835 Prop : John Richards Greyhound Hotel Pigot
1822 Prop : Thomas Evans Greyhound Hotel Pigot
1794 Prop : Mrs Ann Wallington Greyhound Hotel

 

 

 

Other Information

On census night in 1851, there were in residence : Timothy Black, his wife and 5 children, 2 visitors and 5 servants. [Source : Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980]

1794 : Abergavenny Improvement Committee met here to redevelop the decayed Town Hall & Market

1800 : Abergavenny Society for the prosecution of felons met here

1839 : The Greyhound was owned by the Duke of Beaufort

1851 : “Paul Pry” the Daily Coach to and from London, via Gloucester, Ross & Monmouth, departed at 1.30 from here

1854 : There was a horse bus service to connect with trains

1862-65 : also Inland Revenue office

1871 : William Herring, Inland Revenue Supervisor

1927 : The murdered Brown and Kennedy stayed here

[Dates 1794-1927  Source : Thacker (quoted in original survey)]

Proprietor Philip Morgan, in 1862, also kept the Angel and a farm.

 

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle:

1967/1968 : ad for Cavendish – household goods and furnishings, washing machines, rental TVs.

1969 : ad for Cavendish “cashier required immediately due to expansion”.

1975 : ad for Cavendish “part-time collector required”.

 

 

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5 High Street

5 High Street

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Address: 5 High Street
Present Occupier: Pandora Closed beginning January 2026
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

Post Medieval. [Source: Cofelin NPRN: 37042 see https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/37042/ viewed 13/9/2025]

C1989 The windows above ground level were replaced and two more added when the External walls were rebuilt.  The window positioning and style now match that of No 6 High Street. “New upper floor windows shall be of painted timber construction.  The window shall be of the same size and located within the wall thickness with the same external reveals as existing equivalent windows on No 6 High Street adjacent.” [Source: Planning permission “Re-building of Front Elevation Roof and External Walls with integration of New Structure” 30206 Alt Ref DC/1988/01584 approved 9/3/1989 Decision letter29/8/2009 paragraph 7]

Planning applications for changes to the Shop Front were made by both Phones 4U in 2002 and Pandora in 2015.  [Phones 4U Source: Planning permission Submitted by Phones 4U for “Installation of Replacement Shop Front” M06646 Alt ref DC/2002/00006 approved 20/2/2002] [Pandora Source: Planning application for“Replacement shop front” DC/2015/01143]

Recent History

Pandora closed beginning of January 2026  [source Abergavenny Voice on FB seen 8 January]

From at least 2017 September: Pandora [Source: Google Street View Sept 2017 viewed 10/9/2025] In October 2015 Pandora submitted a planning application for replacement of shopfront. At this point the building was vacant. [Source: Planning application no: DC/2015/01143 Officers Report 12/11/2015]

From at least 2010 – 2014: Phone 4 U “29 jobs to go as 5 Gwent Phones 4u stores close in Newport, Abergavenny, Cwmbran and Monmouth” [2010 date Source:Planning application for Rebuilding of Front Elevation Roof and External Walls with Integration of New Structure Ref:  30206 approved 27/8/2009]  [2014 date Source: South Wales Argus online 23 September 2014 viewed 10/9/2025]

From 1973: Thorntons, chocolate shop.

From 1967: Kelvin shoes, shoe shop.

From 1952: Bata, shoe shop, occupied the building. Listed as the British Bata Shoe Company from 1956.

 

 

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Reginald John Harrhy Hairdressers Kelly
1934 Reginald John Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1930 Reginald John Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Reginald John Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1923 Reginald John Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1920 Reginald John Harrhy Junior Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1914 R Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1910 Mrs Eliza Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1906 Mrs Eliza Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1901 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1895 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1891 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1884 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1879 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Thacker
1877 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Owen
1875 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Mer & Croc
1871 Thomas Harrhy Hairdressers, tobacco sales and umbrella repairs Kelly
1865 Thomas Harrhy Toydealer, perfumer Webster
1858 George Herring Toydealer, perfumer, tobacco Slater
1850 John Evans Tailor (employing 4 men) Pigot
1827 Mr and Mrs John Bright Seller of silk, shawls and dresses Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980

Between 1914 and 1934, the building was also part of the Greyhound Hotel.

 

 

 

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6 High Street

6 High Street

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Address: 6 High Street
Present Occupier: Cancer Research Charity Shop
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: 25 May 2023

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

Backs onto the old Town Wall.

The Hotel had eight bedrooms.

 

Planning Applications:

DM/2023/00187 Installation of various non illuminated signage. Approved 29.03.2023 [Application for Cancer Research UK] Existing Store View, Photo 31.01.2023 The Edinburgh Woollen Mill “To Let”

DM/2021/01971 Repair, repaint and partial replacement of shop front. Approved 11.02.2022 [Application for Cancer Research UK] Photo no G80035 9.11.2021The Edinburgh Woollen Mill “To let”

DC/1999/00476 Shop Fascias Sign And Projecting Sign Approved 12.03.2002

DC/1999/00475 New Shopfront And Internal Refit Approved 12.03.2002

DC/1998/00125 Demolition Of Rear Range, Reconstructed To Form Enlarged Retail Unit With Additional Flat Over. Approved 10.11.1998

 

Recent History

25 May 2023 : Cancer Research, Charity Shop (moved from 2 High Street)

From ?? In situ 2017 Sept to late 2020 Edinburgh Woollen Mill – chain of shops owned by Dubai-based Philip Day, in administration along with Bon Marche, also Peacocks/Jaeger chain.   (in late 2022 EWM re-opened in Cibi Walk precinct in the space previously used by Superdrug) [Source of 2017 date: Google maps Street View Sept 2017]

In 1984: Occupied by ‘Jungles’ – fancy goods and clothes. Pinches then moved, with their bakery, to 16 Cross Street.

At time of last Local History Survey in 1980 :  Occupied by A G Pinch & Sons Ltd, a bakery, rented from 1961.

Occupied from 1937 to 1961 by Alec Sayce   (*The Sayces were still the freeholders in 1984 : Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding)

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 – 1961 Alec Sayce Victoria Cafe & Hotel Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1930 Prop: F Woodhead (from 1923-1931) Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Prop: F Woodhead Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1923 Prop: F Woodhead Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1920 Prop: F Woodhead Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1914 Prop: Charles H Sayce Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1910 Prop: Charles H Sayce Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1906 Prop: Charles H Sayce Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1901 Prop: Charles H Sayce Victoria Temperance Hotel and Dining Rooms Kelly
1891 Joseph Clare & Son Watchmakers, jewellers, fishing tackle and photographic studio Kelly
1884 Joseph Clare & Son Watchmakers, jewellers, fishing tackle and photographic studio Kelly
1879 Joseph Clare & Son

Saddler

 Thacker
1877 Joseph Clare & Son

Saddler

 Owen
1875 Joseph Clare & Son

Saddler

 Mer & Croc
1871 Joseph Clare & Son Saddler Kelly
1865 Joseph Clare & Son Saddler Webster
1858 Timothy Wallington Saddler Slater
1850 Timothy Wallington Saddler Pigot
1844 Timothy Wallington Saddler Slater
1836 Timothy Wallington Saddler Pigot
1822 Timothy Wallington Saddler Pigot & Thacker

 

 

 

Other Information

Edinburgh Woollen Mill founded by Drew Stevenson in 1946 as the Langholm Dyeing and Finishing Company. Following a chequered history,  the company was taken over by a management buy-in in the early 2000s,  and today is wholly owned by the Day family.  [Source : ewm.co.uk]

 

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980

F Woodhead rented the building from Sayce’s.

Timothy Wallington was also at 12 Frogmore Street 1858 – 1865. Mrs Sarah Wallington 12 Frogmore Street 1865 – 1871.

In 1914: was also occupied by D F Boodle, artificial tooth maker

In 1891: was also occupied by John J Cox, clothier

Joseph Clare & Son moved to no. 6 from no. 21 in 1891.

 

 

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7 High Street

7 High Street

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Address: 7 High Street
Present Occupier: Hey Bargain
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: shop
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: June 2025

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

Modern, c. 1930

The graveyard of St John’s Church crossed the site of no. 7 in the direction of the Town Wall. There was also a Norman ditch now beneath the building.

During the first development of Woolworths, a stone coffin was discovered. It is now in the garden of ‘The Nutshell’, Brecon Road. During the second development, the archway of the gateway into the cemetery was exposed. It was outside the old Town Wall and at right angles to it: this showed the cemetery was entered from the area of ‘Traitor’s Gate’. [Source: Mr Horsington]

There is Indian black granite at the base of the columns. [Source: J Perkins]

 

 

 

Recent History

June 2025 : Hey Bargain opened on this site (nos. 7&8 High St), the third store on this site in the space of a year

January 2025 : Maxi-Deals store closed with no notice.  Company in liquidation. [Source: Abergavenny Chronicle online 2025 February 28th]

From September 2024 : Maxi-deals.co.uk  (registered office in London, established in the Midlands, aiming to open 20 stores this year)

From 19th April 2024 : B&M closed the High Street store and moved to 9 Cibi Walk (shopping precinct) previously site of Wilko (which had also gone into liquidation)

From 2009  In situ 2013 Nov: B&M : Company was formed in 1978.  From first store in Blackpool, now has over 700 stores.   Opened in Abergavenny on the site of Woolworths at 7-8 High Street in ? year [Source of 2013 date: Google Maps Street View Nov 2013 viewed 10/9/2025] [2009 date Source: Wiki Commons photo dated 18 July 2009 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Woolworths_premises,_Abergavenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1406656.jpg viewed 10/9/2025]

To 2008 December 27th : Woolworths went into liquidation and all Woolworths stores closed in 2008/2009 [Closure date Source: South Wales Argus online “Gwent Woolworth’s final day” https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/3871839.gwent-woolworths-final-day/ viewed 10/9/2025]

Occupied once again by F W Woolworth & Co. from 1969 along with number 8.

From 1961 – Aldertons Model Bakeries Ltd.

Occupied by F W Woolworth & Co. from 1937.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 F W Woolworth & Co. (with no. 8) Bazaar (“nothing over 6d”) Kelly
1934 F W Woolworth & Co. Bazaar (“nothing over 6d”) Kelly
1926 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1923 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1920 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1914 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1910 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1906 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1901 William Henry Butt Tailor, outfitter, hatter, hosier and shoe shop Kelly
1891 Henry Kendrick Draper Kelly
1885 Williams & Son Saddler Kelly
1879 J George

Tailor and Draper

 Thacker
1877 C D Williams Draper Owen
1875 C D Williams Draper Mer & Croc
1871 C D Williams Draper Kelly
1865 John Hopkin Morgan? Linen draper, hatter, tailor Webster
1862 Mrs Ann Jones Milliner Morris & Co
1858 Levi Lowndes Linen, wool, silk draper Slater
1851 Vere Herbert Smith Silk mercer (employing 2 assistants living in, and 4 servants) Census
1844 Vere Herbert Smith Silk mercer (employing 2 assistants living in, and 4 servants) Slater
1835 Vere Herbert Smith Silk mercer (employing 2 assistants living in, and 4 servants) Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

William Henry Butt moved to 57 Cross Street when Woolworths came.

Mrs Ann Jones, Milliner, was probably upstairs. At 53 Cross Street in 1858.

 

 

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8 High Street

8 High Street

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Address: 8 High Street
Present Occupier: Hey Bargain
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: shop
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: June 2025

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

Modern, c. 1930

The graveyard of St John’s Church crossed the site of no. 7 in the direction of the Town Wall. There was also a Norman ditch now beneath the building.

During the first development of Woolworths, a stone coffin was discovered. It is now in the garden of ‘The Nutshell’, Brecon Road. During the second development, the archway of the gateway into the cemetery was exposed. It was outside the old Town Wall and at right angles to it: this showed the cemetery was entered from the area of ‘Traitor’s Gate’. [Source: Mr Horsington]

There is Indian black granite at the base of the columns. [Source: J Perkin]

See no. 7

 

 

Recent History

From September 2024 – January 2025 : Maxi-deals.co.uk – a very cheap looking clone of similar stores eg B&M but cheaper;  company closed just 5 months after opening, after going into liquidation in February 2025 (source : Abergavenny Chronicle online)

From 2009 In situ 2013 Nov – 2024: B&M  Company was formed in 1978.  From first store in Blackpool, now has over 700 stores.   Opened in Abergavenny on the site of Woolworths at 7-8 High Street. [Source of 2013 date: Google Maps Street View Nov 2013 viewed 10/9/2025] [2009 date Source: Wiki Commons photo dated 18 July 2009 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Former_Woolworths_premises,_Abergavenny_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1406656.jpg viewed 10/9/2025]

From 1937 – 2008 Dec 27th: F W Woolworth & Co (along with no. 7). Company closed all its UK stores in 2009 [Closure date Source: South Wales Argus online “Gwent Woolworth’s final day” https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/3871839.gwent-woolworths-final-day/ viewed 10/9/2025]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
to 2008 F W Woolworth (and no. 7) Bazaar South Wales Argus
1937 F W Woolworth (and no. 7) Bazaar Kelly
1934 F W Woolworth Bazaar Kelly
1920-21 George Bailey Photographer Kelly
1914 George Bailey Photographer and picture framer Kelly
1910 George Bailey Photographer and picture framer Kelly
1906 George William Young Photographer Kelly
1862 William Gwynne Banker’s Clerk Morris & Co
1858 William Gwynne Banker’s Clerk Slater
1850 William Gwynne Banker’s Clerk Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

There is a doubtful reference to Eddie Madge, famous for his photographs of the town. Some still survive. His son died in the USA in 1980.

 

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9 and 10 High Street

9 and 10 High Street

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Address: 9 and 10 High Street
Present Occupier: Natwest Bank
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Banking
Other Floors: Offices
Date when first used by present occupier: 1822

 

About the Building

Listed Building Grade II No: 2419

The Old Bank (NatWest) Grade II listed on 17 October 1973    see

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300002419-the-old-bank-natwest-abergavenny

 

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

Grade II listed building, on account of rear elevation internal details and proportions of street façade.

Main staircase mid 19th century, elegant design with straight balusters and wood handrail; oval lantern. First floor corridor with fielded panelled doors. In the south east wing there is an earlier 18th century staircase rising to the second floor.

Ground floor banking hall with doorways and fireplaces in three walls forming a symmetrical composition; round arched doorways with moulded architraves; Gothic fireplaces.

Barrel vaulted cellar with old vault door of iron with slots for locking bolt.

The Welsh Office says early 18th century for the rear elevation, mid 19th century for the frontage but recent renovations have proved that the original house, no. 10, is very much earlier, having an ~”upper cruck construction with timber-framed walls filled with wattle & daub”.  Also it is on a lower level than the rest of the building.  The upper cruck trusses can be seen in a good state of preservation on the 2nd floor. [© Crown: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: Ref number: 2419’].

Planning applications:

Demolition of rear range M2197 2 Nov 1998 Conservation area Consent Notes: 3. New external rendering shall have a smooth surface finish to exactly match existing render.

Formation of large ground floor Retail unit with storage and one No domestic flat over M02262  2 Nov 1998

 

Recent History

New sinage for the Old Banc was granted planning permission in 2015.  “NatWest Cymru” signs and Logos were erected above the ground floor windows, to the left and right of the main doorway. The wording “Banc National Westminster”,  on the first floor above the main door way was removed in 2015.  Planning application no: DC/2014/01245 agreed 22 Jan 2015.

A hanging logo for NatWest was installed inside the central, upper window, above the main doorway.  Planning application no: DC/2015/00644 agreed 12 Jun 2015. This is no longer in situ as at 10/9/2025 Source: Walk by.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (no.9) Arthur Lucas, Resident & Bank Manager (no.10) Kelly
1934 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (no.9) Kelly
1930 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (no.9) Car/Npt & Dis
1926 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (no.9) Manager: Mr John Powell Kelly
1923 National Provincial Bank Ltd. (no.9) Manager: D Howell James Kelly
1920 National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd.(no.9) Charles Thomas Denstone-Edwards, Resident & Bank Manager (no.10) Kelly
1914 National Provincial and Union Bank of England Ltd.(no.9) Kelly
1910 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Kelly
1906 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Kelly
1901 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Kelly
1895 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Kelly
1891 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Manley Ashwin, Residence & Bank Manager (no.10) Kelly
1884 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Manley Ashwin, Residence & Bank Manager (no.10) Kelly
1879 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Manley Ashwin, Residence & Bank Manager (no.10) Thacker
1877 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Manley Ashwin, Residence & Bank Manager (no.10) Owen
1875 National Provincial Bank Ltd.(no.9) Manley Ashwin, Residence & Bank Manager (no.10) Mer & Croc
1868 Jan 15th: Bought by National Provincial Bank of England from the Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank.(no.9) Kelly
1865

Bailey, Gratex, Williams, Nicholson, Milman & Bailey Jnr.(no.9)

 William Gwynne, Residence (no.10) (Worked at no.8) Webster
1862 Bailey & Co. Bankers (no.9) George Ackrill, Residence & chemist (no.10) Morris & Co
1858 Bailey, Gratex & Williams, Bankers (no.9) George Ackrill, Residence & chemist (no.10) Slater
1850 Before this date, no.9 was part of the garden of no.10 (see Wood’s 1834 map) George Ackrill, Residence & chemist (no.10) Pigot
1844 Bailey & Co, Bankers (no.10) Slater
1835

Hill & Morgan, Bankers (no.10)

 Pigot
1822 Hill, Hill, Osborne & Co, Bankers (no.10) Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

The part of the bank that was once No.10 High Street was always used as a residence until after 1937.  The front door has been replaced by a window, below which a foot scraper is still to be seen.  Once incorporated into no. 9, it lost its individual identity.     During the renovations in the 1980s, it could be seen how the Bank developed with no.10 becoming a residence of the manager and a new wing, then the Bank being built in the garden.  These are the two wings projecting at the rear.    Later, the middle was filled in, in two separate stages.  A new frontage was designed to unify the hotch-potch of buildings inside, in which there were several staircases, none of which connected more than two floors

Some of the posts held by the residents of No.10 were :

1920 : Denston-Edwards : Treasurer of Abergavenny Union, Rural District Council, Victoria Cottage Hospital, District Nursing Fund, Borough Free Library.  At the time, D H James seems to have been the Bank Manager

1901-1910 : D H James : Treasurer for Sanitary Purposes, Union & Rural District Council, Victoria Cottage Hosital, District Nursing Fund, Free Library

1891 : Manley Ashwin : Treasurer to the Improvement Commissioners, Union & Rural Sanitary Authority, The Corporation

No. 10 High Street : National Westminster Bank Ltd

The first bank in Abergavenny in 1792 was the partnership of Thomas Hill of Stafford, Samuel Hopkins & Lewis Osborne. They were the developers of the Blaenavon Iron works, their bank was at 5 Nevill Street.  By 1810, it was known as the Abergavenny Bank and moved to 10 High Street in 1822, known as Hill, Hill, Osborne & Co, Bankers

1834-45: The first recorded owner is John Walter Roberts Esq, Ormely Lodge, Ham, Surrey

1841 : The property was described as a “Capital messuage or mansion house with the lawn and garden there unto belonging ….”

1845 : The property passed to his son, Reverend William Walter Roberts, Clerk in holy orders, of 76 Kensington Gardens Square, London

1909 : It appears that the Roberts family did not occupy the property, at least after 1839, when Mr John Walter Roberts leased it to William Morgan for 99 years at £150pa.   Mr William Morgan leased the property to the bank

John Wood’s map of 1834 shows the “Old Bank” slightly set back from the road and occupying only the north side of the plot (i.e. no.10) and surrounded by an L-shaped garden.  However, the T Morrice map of 1800 shows a continuous frontage along High Street and the shape of the building at the back is clearly seen

Images of 9 and 10 High Street

 

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11 High Street

11 High Street

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Address: 11 High Street
Present Occupier: Costa Coffee
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Coffee shop
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: ?2015

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society survey 1980:

Circa 1905.  Previous building said to have been stables for the house next door, owned by the iron masters Hill, Hopkins & Co (now the National Westminster Bank).   Present premises purpose-built for grocers or commercial use with a hoist at the back for lifting heavy bags to store in the loft, with very close joists for heavy load-bearing.   Brick, with much carefully detailed terracotta work

 

 

Recent History

2013 – to date  Costa Coffee [2013 date Source 1: Monmouthshire Planning application DC/2013/00508 Amended application form “House Name: Stead & Simpson PLC” Source 2: Google Maps Street View 2013]

Prior to Costa, this was Stead & Simpson, shoe shop  (exact dates uncertain).  In 2004 Stead & Simpson applied for planning permission for a new shop front [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application Ref M9049 New Shop Front Stead & Simpson 12 Feb 2004]

Vin Sullivan & Son Ltd : (from 1960 to ?exact date uncertain but adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle seen up to 1982) [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Street Survey 1980]

The building was owned at that time by Foster Estate, formerly Fosters, Hill (who were builders of Fosterville Crescent).   Sullivans  was a specialist greengrocers/fish/deli.   (A local landmark and much missed when it closed (became a wholesalers, still in existence) [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Street Survey 1980]

From at least 1926 to 1960 : Star Supply Stores, by then owned by George Mason.  They moved to 4a High Street [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Street Survey 1980]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Star Supply Store

Provision dealer

 Kelly
1934 Star Supply Store Provision dealer Kelly
1930 Star Supply Store Provision dealer Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Star Supply Store Provision dealer Kelly
1920 Frederick John Vaughan Grocer Kelly
1914 Frederick John Vaughan Grocer Kelly
1910 James Edward Jenkins Grocer Kelly
1906 Bells Stores Grocer Kelly
1901 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Kelly
1895 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Kelly
1891 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Kelly
1884 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository / Berlin wool and German toys Kelly
1879 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Thacker
1877 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Owen
1875 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Mer & Croc
1871 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Kelly
1865 Miss Eliza Green Fancy repository Webster
1862 Elizabeth Taylor Fancy repository; agent for Christian Knowledge Society and toy dealer Morris & Co
1858 Elizabeth Taylor Fancy repository Slater
1850 Elizabeth Taylor Fancy repository Pigot
1844 Elizabeth Taylor Fancy repository Slater
1835 Elizabeth Taylor Fancy repository Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Costa Coffee : a wholly-owned subsidiary of Whitbread, now the largest coffee chain in Britain.  Founded by Italian immigrant brothers Bruno & Sergio Costa in London in 1971  [Source : en.wikipedia.org]

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

Vin Sullivan started as shop assistant with Ruthers.   In 1926 he moved to Hereford to manage Macfisheries.   He joined up in 1940-45, then restarted with Ruthers in 1946.   In 1960, Vin Sullivan started up on his own.  The shop was run by his son John at the time of the last survey.   Vin Sullivan was also founder of Abergavenny Thursdays F A Club

There is a handwritten addition to the “previous occupiers” page on the original survey (with initials “TDS”), stating :  Herbert Smith, Linen & Woollen draper and haberdasher, 11 High Street.   1811, 1822-3,1835, 1842-4, 1850, 1852

Am not sure how the above correlates with list of previous occupiers, there is no further information as to where this information came from

From a newspaper cutting, circa 1906, now in the  Gwent Record Office “In making some excavations in the shop of Mr George Green, in High Street (where Bell’s Stores now stand), the workmen discovered a great quantity of human bones and where the main sewer was cut along High Street, human bones were found at a depth of a few feet….”

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

Vin Sullivan, Fishmongers, greengrocer – ads in 1962, 1967, 1968, 1969 (“female staff required” – 2 page advert);  1970,1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1982

Stead & Simpson, shoe shop : ad in 1989

 

 

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12 High Street

12 High Street

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Address: 12 High Street
Present Occupier: U-explore
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Active,outdoor & lifestyle fashion
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: November 2023

 

About the Building

c.1905 .  Brick frontage with terracotta details [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980]

In 2007 Carphone Warehouse requested retrospective planning permission for their Aluminium shop front [Source: Monmouthshire Planning Application no: DC/2007/00440 New Aluminium Shop Front (Retrospective) Approved]

1997 Thura Bread Ltd Shop Front Alteration and side door repositioned [Source: Monmouthshire Planning Application no: M01591]

1987 K Shoe Shops Ltd applied for planning permission for New Shopfront for Retail Shoe Shop Decision letter conditions state: “The central double doors shall be positioned so as to be in the same place as the new shop windows to create a flat frontage.”  [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application no: A28188 3/9/1987 Decision Letter Conditions point 3.] 

 

 

Recent History

From November 2023: U-xplore.   1st independent store for the Unify Brand Partnership, a UK distributor of active, outdoor & lifestyle fashion brands. HQ in Cwmbran.  Founder and MD – Damian Cooper, local.

From Nov 2020 to June 2023: Magic Cottage (“Top Notch”) – a local charity organisation.  Closed this site and moved to the ex Richards Department  Store in Frogmore Street (which had been empty for ?? decades

From at least 2006 to 2020 April 3rd: Carphone Warehouse – still exists online but closed all its shops [2006 date Source: Monmouthshire Planning Application no: DC/2006/01297 Express consent to display an advert.]  [2020 date Source: South Wales Argus online 17 March 2020 “2,900 jobs at risk as Carphone Warehouse closes stores – branches in Gwent affected” https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18310340.2-900-jobs-risk-carphone-warehouse-closes-stores—branches-gwent-affected/]

1997 Thura Bread Ltd [Source: Monmouthshire Planning Application no: M01591 Shop Front Alteration and side door repositioned]

1989 Forest Bakery Ltd applied for change of use from shoe shop to Bakery shop [Source: Monmouthshire Planning Application No A31846 31/11/1989 Use of former shoe shop for Bakery shop with ancillary shop / café with office use for existing first and second floors]

1987 K Shoe Shop applied for planning permission for New Shopfront [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application no: A28188 3/9/1987]

From??  until  ??   : Turner’s Shoe Shop at time of last survey [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers (also Practical Clothing & Supply Co Ltd and E J Esdaile, Consulting Opticians (Thursdays) Kelly
1934 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1930 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers (1929-1931 : also “Elite” ladies hairdressing, Miss R Bowen, prop) Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1923 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1920 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1914 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1910 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1906 Cash & Co Boot & shoe makers Kelly
1901 Daniel Ruther (Farmer) Confectioner Kelly
1891

Jasper Walters

 Greengrocer Kelly
1884

Jasper Walters

 Greengrocer Kelly
1879

Jasper Walters

 Greengrocer Thacker
1877 Jasper Walters Greengrocer Owen
1875 Jasper Walters Greengrocer Mer & Croc
1871 Jasper Walters Greengrocer Kelly
1865 Morgan Davies Fishmonger & Fruiterer (in Nevill Street in 1862) Webster
1862 Morgan Davies Fishmonger & Fruiterer Morris & Co
1858 Morgan Davies Fishmonger & Fruiterer Slater
1851 Samuel Trewin Watchmaker Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Advert in Abergavenny Chronicle:

 

 

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13 High Street

13 High Street

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Address: 13 High Street
Present Occupier: Santander Bank
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Banking
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: 2010

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Early 1900s, possibly c1890 (see also 11 Monk Street*)

There is what looks like a baker’s oven in the cellar. The stone-framed mullioned blocked-up window in the passage to the right of the shop, looks medieval [Source:B M Pullen]

The Edwardian brick frontage only goes back a few feet into the building.  Note terracotta urns and “streaky bacon” effect.

  • The see also reference to No 11 Monk Street doesn’t appear to be linked to this building.  [Note added 9/11/2025]

 

Recent History

2010  – to date: Santander [Source: Planning application no: DC/2010/0042 ‘Internally illuminated ATM header pane.  This includes an ‘existing’ photo of Alliance & Leicester]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
2010 – Santander Bank Planning app no: DC/2010/0042
2005 – 2010 Alliance & Leicester Building Society Planning app no: M11414 DC/2005/00214
1981 – c2005 Currys Electrical Retailers ALHS Survey
to 1980 Boots Chemists ALHS Survey 1980
1937 Boots Chemists Kelly
1934 Boots Chemists Kelly
1930 Boots Chemists Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Boots Chemists Kelly
1923 Boots Chemists Kelly
1920 Zachariah Wheatley Watchmaker and jeweller Kelly
1914 Zachariah Wheatley Watchmaker and jeweller Kelly
1910 Zachariah Wheatley Watchmaker and jeweller Kelly
1904 Zachariah Wheatley Watchmaker and jeweller Kelly
1901 John Crossley Fish & Game dealer Kelly
1891 William Smith Fishmonger Kelly
1884 William Smith Fishmonger Kelly
1879 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry Thacker
1877 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry Owen
1875 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry Mer & Croc
1871 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry Kelly
1865 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry (he was also at 20 Nevill Street at this date) Webster
1862 William Davies Fish, fruit  & poultry Morris & Co
1858 William Daniel Butcher Slater

 

 

Other Information

Dixons bought Currys in 1984 and continues to trade as two separate brands. They continued to trade as Currys Electrical retailers in Abergavenny.

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

From 1923-1934 : W E Pope, Florist and Nurseryman had a shop up the alleyway between 13 and 14 High Street.

The brook was accessible from here – this was the “moat” outside the town wall, continuing to Mill Street.

Zachariah Wheatley, occupier in 1920, was also JP for Castle Ward.  He retired in November 1921. This was his private residence as well as his shop.

In 1862 and 1865, Mrs Catherine Daniel, butcher, is also shown at this property.

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

Boots Chemists : ads in 1948, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962

 

 

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14 High Street

14 High Street

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Address: 14 High Street
Present Occupier: Take 2 Coffee Shop
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Take 2 Coffee Shop
Other Floors: Take 2 Coffee Shop
Date when first used by present occupier: October 2025

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Survey 1980:

“A prickly Edwardian insertion into a dignified Georgian Street”  [Source: quote by Louis Hurley]

There is a stained glass window in the back of the shop with the words “Good Shoes” inscribed in it in stained glass, with a flourish. A very nice piece of glass of its type.  (Is this still there in the C21?)

 

 

Recent History

2025 Oct – : Take 2 Coffee Shop

2021 Feb – 2025 Sept: The Gaff, coffee shop & deli, owners Daniel Saunders & Danielle;  (own The Gaff, restaurant in courtyard Lion Street at bottom of Market St) [2021 year, Source: South Wales Argus online 13 Feb 2021] End  September 2025  the owner retired & lease up for renewal [Source : local knowledge from another business owner]

From 2005 Feb – 2020: Coffee No. 1 : small coffee chain (see “other info” section)  opened 5 Feb 2005.   Closed on lockdown in March 2020 and announced in August 2020 they would not be re-opening.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
2005 Feb 5th – Coffee No 1 Coffee shop ALHS Survey
Date unknown – 2004 Crickhowell Adventure Gear Outdoor equipment Monmouthshire planning application M10703 31/8/2004
1982 – date unknown Gwent Travel “your new Abergavenny Travel Centre” ALHS Survey 1980
1971/2 – 1982 Paynes Dairy products, cooked meats ALHS Survey 1980
1962 – c1971 Shoefayre one of the first national shoe stores ALHS Survey 1980
1954 Dunn’s shoe shop ALHS Survey 1980
1937 Dunn’s Footwear Ltd Boot & shoe makers and dealers (to 1937) Kelly
1934 Dunn’s Footwear Ltd Boot & shoe makers and dealers (to 1937) Kelly
1930 Dunn’s Footwear Ltd Boot & shoe makers and dealers (to 1937) Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Dunn’s Footwear Ltd Boot & shoe makers and dealers (to 1937) Kelly
1921 Publican : William John Eustense The Guildhall Vaults
Closed 1921		 Kelly
1920 Publican : Charles Davies The Guildhall Vaults Kelly
1914 Publican : William John Eustense 1914
Owner Henry Jeffreys 1914		 The Guildhall Inn Kelly / Abergavenny Pubs
Frank Olding
1910

Prop William Scott

 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
1909 The Guildhall Inn
1906

Prop : Thomas George Jones

 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
1901

Publican : Henry Lewis

 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
1895

Prop : Philip Price

 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
1891

Prop : Philip Price

 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
1884 Publican William James Gimlett 1880-1882
Philip Price 1884-1895		 The Guildhall Inn Kelly/ Abergavenny Pubs
Frank Olding
1879 Publican J C Harrhy 1879 The Guildhall Inn Thacker/ Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1877 Publican John Stepney 1876 The Guildhall Inn Owen / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1875 Publican : James W Tranter 1872-1875
Owner John Lewis 1873-1882		 The Guildhall Inn Mer & Croc / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1871 The Guildhall Inn Kelly
>1868 Owner Mrs Jones 1868-1872
Publican : John Harrhy & Mrs Harrhy		 The Guildhall Inn Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1865 Guildhall Wine & Spirits Vaults , Land Agent & Surveyor

Prop : John Gethin Jones

 Webster
1862

Publican : John Gethin James 1860-1865

 The Guildhall Inn Morris & Co / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1858 The Guildhall Inn Slater
1852 Publican : Elisha Watkins (1851/1852)
Owner : William Jones 1851-1860

Brewer & Maltster : The Guildhall Inn

 Census / Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding
1835 Rees Prosser

Tailor

 Pigot
1822 Rees Prosser Hats & Clothier Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Source : Abergavenny Pubs Frank Olding

The Guildhall Inn (formerly the Three Salmons – only listed as this name in 1852 trade directory. Elisha Watkins is recorded a sa brewer and maltster who had also been running the brewery in Lion Street, formerly occupied by William Ellis since at least 1850.   An Elisha Watkins is recorded as a brewer as early as 1818 when his wife, Sarah, died.  It is not know whether this is the same man or where his premises were at that time.

By 1860 the pub was called simply the Guildhall.  By 1865, known as the Guildhall Wine and Spirits Vault.  By 1868, known as the Guildhall Hotel.  By 1920s it was again known as the Guildhall Vaults.  Closed in 1921

Information from Val Llewellyn:

I was undertaking some research on Ancestry re a 2g Grandfather, and determined that he was the Innkeeper of the Guildhall Inn as noted on the 1871 Wales Census.   His name was Thomas Denner and his wife was Eunice.   He was also a Tinplate Brazier, whilst he came from a family of shoemakers/drapers operating in Mill Street.   In 1881, he is recorded as being an Innkeeper in Lion Street (pub unknown).

 Coffee #1 started in Wood Street in Cardiff in 2001.  Now 50 branches around Wales, South West and South Coast. [Source: Website]

 

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15 High Street

15 High Street

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Address: 15 High Street
Present Occupier: Squeezing
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Squeezing
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: 2024 July

 

About the Building

“A prickly Edwardian insertion in to a dignified Georgian Street” [Source:L Hurley].

There used to be an alley way running behind the property.  It had a seed shop in it, run by a blind  man, up until 1960.

Note the terracotta roundels.

The change of street name occurs between this and the adjacent shop, even though they are the same building, because High Street was inside the medieval town wall and Frogmore outside.

Above information from ALHS Survey 1980

Between 1980 and 2016 the shop front was remodelled.  The 1979/80 photo shows a recessed doorway on the left, a bevelled window to the right and a large window fronting the pavement. The 2016 photo shows the shop frontage parallel to the pavement with the door moved to the right hand side with a large single pane of glass to the left. Possible planning application 2002 [Source: Monmouthshire planning application M6706 New Shop Front Digby Turner & Co 25/6/2002]

 

Recent History

2024 July –  : Squeezing, A  Juice bar selling fresh juices, smoothies, also ice cream.

c 2013 to 2023 July : Bidmead Cook Estate Agents.   Closed all branches.  The Monmouthshire Building Society had an agency within the Abergavenny branch, this had to close at the same time.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
c 2013 Bidmead Cook Estate Agents ALHS Survey
2006 Feb – c 2013 Bairstow Eves Estate Agents ALHS Survey
1979 – 2006 Digby Turner & Co Estate Agents ALHS Survey 1980+
1958 – 1979 W Philips Shoe Shop ALHS Survey 1980
to 1958 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers ALHS survey 1980
1937 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1934 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1930 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1923 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1920 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1914 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1910 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1906 Home & Colonial Food Stores Grocers Kelly
1901 Zachariah Wheatley Jeweller Kelly
1895 Zachariah Wheatley Jeweller Kelly
1891 Zachariah Wheatley Jeweller Kelly
1884 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher  (moved to 4 Frogmore Street in 1884) Kelly
1879 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher (business founded in 1823 – source 1879 Thacker) Thacker
1877 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Owen
1875 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Mer & Croc
1871 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Kelly
1865 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Webster
1862 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Morris & Co
1858 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Slater
1850 Mrs Ann Davies (?also Abraham Edwards, Grocer) Butcher Pigot
1844 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Slater
1835 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Pigot
1822 Mrs Ann Davies Butcher Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

There is a quote on the pages of the original survey that “the deeds (of this property) are with the Stamp Office, as some of the land is registered.   It is known that, prior to the Home & Colonial, the property belonged to a doctor in Bristol”

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

1956 : ad for Home & Colonial Stores, Grocer

1962 : ad for W R Phillips, Shoe Retailer requiring  “Lady Assistant” (December 1962); ads also in 1967, 1968 (“fitter of quality footwear”); 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

1978 : ad for Digby Turner & Co, Estate Agents; ads also in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005

2006 : ad for Bairstow Eves (Estate Agents) new offices February 2006

 

 

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16, 17 and 18 High Street

16, 17 and 18 High Street

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Address: 16, 17 and 18 High Street
Present Occupier: Mountain Warehouse
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Outdoor clothing & accessories
Other Floors: Outdoor clothing & accessories
Date when first used by present occupier: Aug 2019

 

About the Building

Listed Building Grade II* No: 14875

 The Burton’s building was Grade II* Listed on 13 October 1994 see  https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300014875-burton-abergavenny

It was Grade II* listed because of ” its exceptional interest and rarity as a well preserved Burton’s store which retains almost all of its 1930s external detailing” [Source: Cadw No: 14875].

Date of building : 1936.  Nos 16, 17 and 18 were empty for about 7 years before the buildings were demolished and Burtons was built on this site. [Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980]

“On this site now appears a magnificent building.”  “Two lofty stories with stately columns rising to the top and crowned with a massive pediment bearing the firms name, which at night is illuminated.”  “Much of the ornamentation is centred in the window openings and along the top of the window panes runs THE CHAIN OF MERIT the links of which bear the naes of numerous towns where Montague Burton’s Tailoring shops are to be found.”  “The new premises which are faced with Empire stone are fireproof throughout, the floors being of reinforced concrete covered with woodblock flooring.” [Source: Abergavenny Chronicle 1937 November 12th]

Interesting Original Building Features:

Recent History

October 2024 : Mountain Warehouse shop updated and joined by new link through to new shop “Animal” next door (19/19a)

January 2024 :  19/19a (ex Neon Sheep) owned by Mountain Warehouse –   had been empty for 2 years. Work starts on refurb & linking two shops together

Aug 2019 : after extensive refit (and retention of listed art deco frontage) Mountain Warehouse moved into this shop (from no. …..).

2018 October: Work on the old Burton’s site was halted after fears that the art deco features were being destroyed. [Source: Abergavenny Chronicle digital version 2018 Oct 2 “Work called to a halt on Burtons building over fears that art deco features are being lost.” Abergavenny Chronicle

2017 : To rent; emanuel-jones.co.uk agents  £85k rent whole building or £65K for ground floor and basement;  £87.5K business rates.   2400 sq ft ground floor; 2300 sq ft 1st floor;  300 sq ft basement.   Website in May 2018 states “under offer”  (?who)

7 October 2017 : After 80 years, Burtons was closing on this site

1975 : First Floor: Chevron Night Club  (?don’t think it is still there).  It certainly had a chequered past in the 1970s/1980s!

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
to 2017 Burtons (nos 16-18)

Tailors/gents outfitters

 ALHS Survey 1980
From 1935 Burtons (nos. 16-18)

Tailors/gents outfitters

 Kelly
1934 E Price (no. 16) Draper Kelly
1930 E Price (no. 16) Draper Car/Npt & Dis
1928 E Price (no. 16)
H M Westwood (no.18)		 Draper
Cycle Company		 Kelly
1923 E Price (no. 16)
Westwood (no.17/18)		 Draper
Cycles		 Kelly
1920 E Price (no. 16)
Pipers (no.17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Penny Bazaar
Boot Maker		 Kelly
1914 E Price (no. 16)
Pipers (no.17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Penny Bazaar
Boot Maker		 Kelly
1910 E Price (no. 16)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Boot Maker (also in Nevill Street)		 Kelly
1906 E Price (no. 16)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Boot Maker		 Kelly
1901 E Price (no. 16)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Boot Maker & leather merchant		 Kelly
1895 E Price (no. 16)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Boot Maker		 Kelly
1891 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Draper
Currier & leather merchant		 Kelly
1884 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Linen Drapers
Currier & shoe maker		 Kelly
1879 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Linen Drapers
Currier & shoe maker		 Thacker
1877 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Linen Drapers
Currier & shoe maker		 Owen
1875 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Linen Drapers
Currier & shoe maker		 Mer & Croc
1871 E Price (nos.16/17)
Thomas Allen (no.18)		 Linen Drapers
Currier & shoe maker		 Kelly
1865 E Price (nos.16/17)
Mrs Bruton (no.18)		 Linen Drapers & carpet warehouse
Millinery & dress rooms		 Webster
1862 E Price (nos.16/17) Linen Drapers & carpet warehouse Morris & Co
1858 E Price (nos.16/17) Linen & wool drapers Slater
1851 William Woodall (no.18)

Grocer, tea dealer & chandler

 Census
1850 Pearce & Price (no.16)
Price (no.17)		 Woollen drapers
Linen drapers		 Pigot
1835 John Morgan (no.16) Haberdasher Pigot & Imp. Commission

 

 

 

Other Information

Burtons was started by Montague Burton in 1903 in Chesterfield, when he was aged 18.  When he died in 1952, the company was the largest multiple tailor in the world.  Since 2002 it has been part of Arcadia Group  (source : burton.co.uk)

First floor : “Lucania” Billiard Rooms from 1936 to 1975 when it was converted to Chevron Night Club, owned by Carpanini who also owned the Beaumont Cafe at 70 Frogmore Street (as a side issue, there is now Carpaninis in Frogmore Street selling food/wine/gifts  –  possibly the same family).

 

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19 and 19A High Street

19 and 19A High Street

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Address: 19 and 19A High Street
Present Occupier: Animal (owned by Mountain Warehouse)
Refurbished and opened Oct.24 with new link knocked through to Mountain Warehouse
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: Aug 2019

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980: 19 and 19A treated as one property and was known as Sydenham House.

Modern shop front (1958).  Late 18th or early 19th century shop premises. Rear section could well be medieval.   Tudor archway on right side.  Slate roof.   [Welsh Office] *This Cadwr information relates to 19 Market Street not 19 High Street [checked 9/2025]

 

 

 

Recent History

October 2024 : “Animal”  – shop completely refurbished with new link through to Mountain Warehouse shop next door

January 2024 : having been empty for 2 years, work started on this and Mountain Warehouse shop –

Feb 2022 : post pandemic the company was closing several of its Neon Sheep shops, including Abergavenny

From Aug 2019 : “Neon Sheep” : Founder of Mountain Warehouse, Mark Neale, launched this company in 2017

From ? to Aug 2019:      Mountain Warehouse (19 and 19a)  :  hiking/camping/cycling clothes and equipment

From 1959 to ??  Halfords (19 and 19a) : Cycle & Motor Accessories

From 1947 to 1959 : Wymans (19 and 19a)  Stationers

To 1947 : Webb & Co (no.19) : Drapers. Advertisement in 1948, cabinet for sale.

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1940s onwards See “Recent History”
1937 Webb & Co (no.19)
J H Horton (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1934 Webb & Co (no.19)
J H Horton (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1930 Webb & Co (no.19)
J H Horton (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Car/Npt & Dis
1928 Webb & Co (no.19)
J H Horton (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1923 Webb & Co (no.19)
J H Horton (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer & carriers for LMS Railway		 Kelly
1920 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
J H Horton  (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer & agent for L&NW Carriers		 Kelly
1914 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
J H Horton  (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1910 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
William Howells (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1906 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
William Howells (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1901 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
William Howells (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1895 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
William Howells (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1891 H V Saies (Sydenham House no.19)
William Howells (no.19a)		 Drapers
Stationer		 Kelly
1885 W Howells (& Cadogan H J Draper (no.19) (1913 Shop Act)
Miss O Bray (no.19a)		 Stationer & bookseller
Stationer (Shop Act 1913)		 Kelly
1879 James Martin (no.19) Grocer Thacker
1877 James Martin (no.19) Grocer Owen
1875 James Martin (no.19) Grocer Mer & Croc
1871 James Martin (no.19) Grocer Kelly
1865

William Holman (no.19)

 Grocer & Italian Warehouseman Webster
1851 Christiana Daniel (no.19) House Proprietress Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Mountain Warehouse is a British retailer selling hiking, camping, skiing and cycling equipment.  It was founded in 1997 by Mark Neale, who then led a management buyout in 2013 to wrest the company back from a private equity group (source : mountainwarehouse.com)

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:  No. 19A : Before 1900, the Call Office for the National Telephone Company was here.  In 1900, it moved to 23A Monk Street.  The Abergavenny Chronicle commented : “This is a step in the right direction;  a conveniently situated and large telephone call office is sadly needed”

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

1948 : (no.19) ad for ?private residence – “Webb – cabinet for sale”

1956 : (no.19) ad for Webb & Co, Drapers – fittings sold in February due to expiry of lease

1957 :  Wymans & Sons Ltd : newsagent, books & stationery – new branch open 2 October 1957

1959/1960 : further ads for Wymans & Sons Ltd for sales assistants

15/6/1962 :Wymans :  “Young man required to train as shop manager”

1967 :  ad for  Halfords : car accessories etc.  Further ads 1968/1969/1974/1975/1980 (ad for cleaner)

 

19 High Street – Wyman’s Stationers

The new Wyman’s shop was opened by Col Harry Llewellyn in 1958/9

 

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20 High Street

20 High Street

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Address: 20 High Street
Present Occupier: Fat Face
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Fashion retailer
Other Floors: 2 floors warehouse storage
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

18th century and earlier (Welsh Office).

Rear section could well be medieval. Stone building with slate roof.  Glazing bars of an early type.  Part of building listed.   Moulded beams in first floor ceilings.  Late 16th /early 17th century.  Exposed timber framing seen in recent alterations to High Street facade, (February 1983)

 “18th century and earlier shop premises. Rear section is probably of medieval origin” [Source: Coflein NPRN: 37047 see Coflein 20 High Street

 

 

Recent History

From 1978 to ??   Merretts – booksellers and stationers

From 1972 – 1983 George Oliver Footwear Ltd  (upper floors contained a room for staff and the rest was empty at that time   (They moved to 4a High Street in 1983)

To 1972 : Lipton, Grocer

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1970s/1980s See “Recent History”
1937 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1934 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1930 Lipton Grocer Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1923 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1920 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1914 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1910 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1906 Lipton Grocer Kelly
1891 Mrs J James Confectioner Kelly
1884 Mrs J James Pastry cook & confectioner Kelly
1879 Mrs J James Pastry cook & confectioner Thacker
1877 Mrs J James Pastry cook & confectioner Owen
1875 Mrs J James Pastry cook & confectioner Mer & Croc
1858 J E Watkins Confectioner Slater
1851 John Watkins Baker & Confectioner Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Fat Face started in 1988 by two friends, Tim Slade and Jules Leaver, while ski-ing.  They began by selling t-shirts and sweatshirts to other skiers.  Headquarters of the company is in Hampshire  [Source : fatface.com]

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle :

1962 : article : Liptons “Licence to sell beer and cider granted” June 1962

1978* : ad Merrett’s Retail Stores group;  also 1984 – “staff needed”;  further ad in 1989

(*this date does not tie up with the fact that George Oliver Footwear occupied these premises until 1983)

 

 

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21 High Street

21 High Street

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Address: 21 High Street
Present Occupier: Nationwide Building Society
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Bank/offices
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier: 1978

 

About the Building

Listed building Grade II No: 2420

Grade II listed on 1 November 1974 See https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300002420-no21-high-street-gwent-abergavenny

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

19th century and earlier (Welsh Office)

Modern elevation to High Street but the rear is built of stone and may well be medieval.  At the rear of the property were said to be the kitchens of St John’s school 1542 to end of 19th century.   A small red sandstone archway can still be seen at the back of no.21 leading to the lane between High Street and St John’s Church (St John’s Lane was cobbled until 1979 – probably the last cobbled street in the town).

Oldest piece of lead downpipe still in use in town (made on a plumber’s bench) on the south side of the building.

John Williams, solicitor, has photograph of corbelling stonework uncovered to show present road surface, 3 feet above old.

“19th century and earlier shop premises of two storeys with a modern elevation to the High Street. This building is listed very largely because of its rear section which is built in stone and could well be of medieval origin.  One casement window on each floor, one door on the left and a blocked doorway also.  Slate roof”  [Source: NPRN: 37046 Coflein 21 High Street] © Crown: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales: archive number 37046

 

 

 

Recent History

1982: Nationwide Building Society. Advertisement for shorthand typist and office cleaner in 1982. [ALHS Survey 1980]

1980: Property Growth Insurance Company Ltd. [ALHS Survey 1980]

From 1978 : Nationwide Building Society [ALHS Survey 1980]

1949-1978 : Harold Morgan, Grocer. Advertisement for a lady assistant in 1967 [ALHS Survey 1980]

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
To 1949: J Tutt Grocer ALHS Street Survey 1980
1937

J Tutt

 Grocer Kelly
1934 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1930 J Tutt Grocer Car/Npt & Dis
1926 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1923 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1920

Williams & Sons

 Grocer Kelly
1914 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1910 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1906 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1901 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1895 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1891 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1884 J Tutt Grocer Kelly
1879 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller (moved to 6 High Street in 1884) Thacker
1877 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Owen
1875 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Mer & Croc
1871 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1865 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Webster
1862 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Morris & Co
1858 J Clare Watchmaker & Jeweller Slater
1851 John Watkins Chemist (residence) Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle

1954: ad for Harold W Morgan, general store;  1959 : Harold Morgan “quality food for Christmas”;  1960 : Harold Morgan “private grocer”;  1961 : Harold Morgan, family grocer;  1962 : speciality cheese;  1967 : “lady assistant required”   1968 : “family grocer (counter service)”;   1969 : “junior young lady assistant required;   further ads 1970,1971, 1972.   1973 : “young lady assistant required”

1980 : ad for Property Growth Assurance Co Ltd for “person Friday”

1982 : Nationwide : ad for shorthand typist

October 1982 : ad – office cleaner required for “PGA Ltd

 

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22 High Street

22 High Street

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Address: 22 High Street
Present Occupier: Greggs
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Baked Goods / Takeaway food
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

Replica Insurance fireplate displayed on facade

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Was a 16th-17th century building with jettied first floor [Source:Thacker].

Once displayed Birmingham Insurance Company fireplate (in museum).

This company later to become Barclays, provided the town’s first

Merryweather (manual) fire engine, in use in the town until 1921.

This site and each side of it cleared to build Pearl building in 1970.

 

When Greggs applied for planning permission for a new shop front in 2008 the plans states, “previous shop front removed by developer”. [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application for proposed new shop front DC/2008/01044 document no: TRE/0234/01 Existing plans and elevations]

The 1979/80 photograph of Nos 23, 24 & 25 shows a plaque below the small windows and the concrete.  “Pearl Assurance Company Limited”.  Above Nos 22 & 23 on the 1st floor brickwork, “Pearl Assurance House” probably in affixed letters.

Recent History

Greggs Bakery were in situ in 2008 [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application for proposed new shop front DC/2008/01044]

Information Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

From 1989: Neil Niblett & Associates Architects and Building surveying

From 1975: Reddifusion Wales Ltd. (TV sales)

From 1971: British Gas Showroom with

Pearl Assurance Offices on other floors from 1969

To 1971: Williams & Sons, Tobacconist & wireless

From 1962: Royal Airforce Association Members’ Club

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1970 See “Recent History”
1937 Williams & Sons Tobacconist & wireless dealer Kelly
1934 Williams & Sons Tobacconist & wireless dealer Kelly
1930 Williams & Sons Saddlers Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1923 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1920 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1914 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1910 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1906 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1901 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1895 Williams & Sons Saddlers Kelly
1891 W C Williams Saddlers Kelly
1884 W C Williams & Watkin Williams from 1876 Saddlers Kelly
1879

Mrs Crump

 China Dealer Thacker
1877

William Crump

 China Dealer Owen
1875 William Crump China Dealer Mer & Croc
1871 William Crump China Dealer Kelly
1865 William Crump China Dealer Webster
1862 William Crump China Dealer / toy dealer Morris & Co
1858 William Crump China Dealer / toy dealer Slater
1851 William Crump Glass, china, fishing tackle, tea & coffee & hairdresser Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Greggs Bakery : 75 years’ ago,  John Gregg started to deliver fresh eggs and yeast, by push bike, to the families of Newcastle.   Ten years’ later, he opened the first Greggs in Gosforth (still there today).   Now 1700 stores throughout UK (source greggs.co.uk)

Prior to 1876, building owned by Frederick William Lewis of 11 Cross Street.   Occupied in 1875 also by William Watkins, Saddler (source : will of F W Lewis of 11 Cross Street)

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle:

1962 : ad for Royal Air Force Association Members’ club

1969 : ad for Pearl Assurance Co Ltd (no.22a)

1975 : ad for Redifusion (Wales) Ltd TV sales

1982/1996/2000 : ads for Neil Niblett & Associates Architects & Surveyors (?upstairs)

 

 

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23 High Street

23 High Street

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Address: 23 High Street
Present Occupier: Bonmarche (with no.24 High St)
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Women’s fashions
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

This has been one building with no.24 possibly after closure of TSB.

The 1979/80 photograph of Nos 23, 24 & 25 shows a plaque below the small windows and the concrete.  “Pearl Assurance Company Limited”.  Above Nos 22 & 23 on the 1st floor brickwork, “Pearl Assurance House” probably in affixed letters.

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Site cleared in 1970 for building of Pearl Assurance building.  Application for registration of Local Land changes, “demolition of existing two shops and erection of two shops with office accommodation above”. Dated 18 November 1966

 

 

Recent History

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

1972 : Winifred’s Hat Shop [Source: Abergavenny Chronicle]

From 21 April 1970 to between 1995 & 1999  : Trustee Savings Bank  (this Bank was later taken over by Lloyds in 1995 and Lloyds rebranded TSB in 1999).  At this time, the building was owned by Pearl Assurance.  Upstairs were the offices of Redifusion (television rental company) [Source:  21 April 1970 Opening Abergavenny Chronicle]

1948: Y.M.C.A. L James was secretary

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
to 1970 Melias Grocer ALHS Street Survey 1980
1937 Melias Grocer Kelly
1934 Melias Grocer Kelly
1930 Melias Grocer Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1923 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1920 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1914 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1910 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1906 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1901 Mrs Bracegirdles Draper Kelly
1895 Henry Kendrick Draper Kelly
1891 William Denner Butcher Kelly
1884 David Gwynne “Lion Shop” Clothier, outfitter, shoes (also at 27 Nevill Street) Kelly
1879 William Taylor

Outfitter

 Thacker
1877 William Taylor

Outfitter

 Owen
1875 Tucker & Taylor

Clothier

 Mer & Croc
1865 William Taylor

Tailor & outfitter

 Webster
1862 Frederick White

Boot & shoe maker, clothier

 Morris & Co
1851 John Morgan Draper Census

 

 

 

Other Information

Bonmarche was founded in 1982 by Parkash Singh Chima on market stalls in Wiltex and Hartley.   In 2002, the company was taken over by Peacocks.  In 2012, Peacocks went into administration.  Bonmarche was then taken over by private investment company.   At present, there are 300+ stores in the UK and concessions (source bonmarche.co.uk)

 

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle

1948 : ad for YMCA, L James, Secretary (?assume upper floor, prior to Pearl Assurance building errected)

1970 : ad for Trustee Savings Bank, opening 21/4/70. Further ads in 1979 and 1980

 

 

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24 High Street

24 High Street

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Address: 24 High Street
Present Occupier: Bonmarche (at nos.23 & 24 High St)
Present Owner:
Ground Floor: Ladies’ fashions
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

This has been one building with no.23 High Street possibly after closure of TSB.

The 1979/80 photograph of Nos 23, 24 & 25 shows a plaque below the small windows and the concrete.  “Pearl Assurance Company Limited”.  Above Nos 22 & 23 on the 1st floor brickwork, “Pearl Assurance House” probably in affixed letters.

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Site cleared for Pearl building about 1968-1970.  The rubble from the demolished building completely filled the old cellars [Source: N.White]

Queen’s 2012 Jubilee Mural on St John’s Street side of building

 

 

Recent History

1995: Messrs Dunn & Co “No 24 High Street today is owned by Messrs Dunn & Co.”  [Source: Louis Bannon, “Remember Abergavenny Vol 1”, p36 published 1995]

Information from Abergavenny Local History  Society Survey 1980:

From 1968 to at least 1988 : Hodges Menswear Ltd.  Gents outfitter (Rediffusion offices upstairs)

To 1968 : Stoneham, Grocer (“In 1949, Stoneham was sold to George Mason, who carried on the High Class trade under the name of Stoneham”  Mr Stoneham carried on as manager and adviser to George Mason until 1950)

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
to 1949 Stoneham Grocer ALHS Street Survey 1980
1937 Stoneham Grocer Kelly
1934 Stoneham Grocer Kelly
1930 Stoneham Grocer Car/Npt & Dis
1926 Stoneham Grocer Kelly
1923 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1920 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1914 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1910 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1906 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1901 W T Stoneham Argyll Stores- grocer, wine & spirits Kelly
1895 S A Pegler (owner & manager of W T Stoneham by 1899) Kelly
1891 S A Pegler grocer Kelly
1886 Albert Freeman Grocer & dealer in wines & spirits Kelly
1879 Albert Freeman Grocer Thacker
1877 Albert Freeman Grocer Owen
1875 Albert Freeman Grocer Mer & Croc
1871 Albert Freeman Grocer Kelly
1865 Gath & Moorshead Tea dealer, grocer & chandler Webster
1862 William Barber Grocer Morris & Co
1858 William Madden Wholesale & retail provisions Slater
1851 William Barber Grocer & tea dealer Census
1839 Stoneham Grocer (known to be in High St at this time, not necessarily in this shop) Slater
1822 Sarah Phillips Pawnbroker Pigot

 

 

 

Other Information

Bonmarche was founded in 1982 by Parkash Singh Chima on market stallsin Wiltex and Hartley.   In 2002, the company was taken over by Peacocks.  In 2012, Peacocks went into administration and Bonmarche was then bought by private investment firm.  There are at present 300+stores and concessions [Source: bonmarche.co.uk]

Source : Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Mrs White (nee Stoneham) remembers during the 1930s, the shop girls coming up to eat their sandwiches in the nursery on market days, as the shop did not close for lunch . They were given cider to drink.   There is a photograph of Stonehams in the museum and alterations during changeover from Pegler’s to Stonehams.  Original photos were owned by Mrs White.

The Mr Stoneham named as the owner in 1839 was a juror in John Frost’s trial

There is a line drawing of the shop c.1800 which fits the “Octogenarians” description. See A/79-77a(PS-box50)

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle:

1969/1984/1988 : ads for Hodges Menswear.

 

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25 and 25A High Street

25 and 25A High Street

About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information

Address: 25 and 25A High Street
Present Occupier: Monmouthshire County Council
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Both 25/25A : Demolished in 1977 due to large cracks in the fabric.

Replaced by “Red Square” (named because of the large red girders that were used)

All three shops (nos 25, 25A & 26) were bought by the Highways Dept for road widening in 1922.  They became the property of the Borough Council and finally of Monmouth District Council. (source at time of original survey : Mrs Bevan, 5 Flannel Street)

No. 25 : the staircases were very narrow, but plenty of room above.  Mrs Powell brought up her family here. In the cellar there were 3ft thick stone arches and tombstones.  The whole shop appeared to be supported by a single beam (source at time of original survey : Mrs Bevan, 5 Flannel Street)

At time of last survey, Cardiff Museum had photographs of the buildings, including the cellars, arches and tombstones found in the cellars, taken just before the demolition.

 

Recent History

Millenium Mural

See “About the building”.   The display windows are now used for promotion of local events.

The mural depicting the town and surrounding area was originally painted in 2000 by Frances Baines.  It was restored by the artist and Helen & Stuart Absalom in 2014 [Restoration Source: Alamy, ‘The Abergavenny Millennium Mural” ID: 2AGRH2B viewed 12/9/2025]

 

Information from Abergavenny Local History survey 1980:

No. 25 : 1945-1977 : Miss W Williams, Ladies clothes

No. 25 : 1940s : Miss K E Morris, “Kaydee” Milliner

No. 25a : 1973-1977 : Mrs Bevan, Sweet shop

No. 25a : Late 1960s : Mr & Mrs Whatmore, Sweet shop

No. 25a : 1940s : Mrs Powell, Sweet shop

 

 

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1977 See “About the Building”
1937 No. 25 : Miss K E Morris
No. 25A : Mrs Beatrice Davies		 Kaydee Milliners
Confectioner		 Kelly
1934 No. 25 : W G Lyons
No. 25A : Mrs Beatrice Davies		 Jeweller
Confectioner		 Kelly
1930 No. 25 : W G Lyons
No. 25A : George Clark		 Watchmaker & Jeweller
Confectioner		 Car/Npt & Dis
1926 No. 25 : W G Lyons
No. 25A George Clark		 Watchmaker & Jeweller
Confectioner		 Kelly
1923 No. 25 : W G Lyons
No. 25A George Clark		 Watchmaker & Jeweller
Confectioner		 Kelly
1920 No. 25 : Abraham Lyons (also at 48 Frogmore St)
No. 25A : Ray Davies/George Clark		 Jeweller
Confectioner		 Kelly
1914 No. 25 : Abraham Lyons
No. 25A : H Marshall		 Jeweller
Basket maker		 Kelly
1910 No. 25 : Abraham Lyons
No.25A : Ray Davies		 Jeweller & antiques
Confectioner		 Kelly
1906 No. 25 : Abraham Lyons
No. 25A : David Powell		 Jeweller & antiques
Confectioner		 Kelly
1901
No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last
 Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1895
No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last
 Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1891
No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last
 Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1884
No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last
 Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1879 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller Thacker
1877 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller Owen
1875 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller Mer & Croc
1871 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller Kelly
1865 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller Webster
1862 No. 25 : Frederick Edward Last Watchmaker & Jeweller (est. 1856.  In Frogmore St 1858) Morris & Co
1858 No. 25 : William Knowles China & Glass dealer

 

 

 

Other Information

Before 1906, no. 25A was probably with no. 25, as there are no other records

There are very few adverts found in the local Abergavenny Chronicle for this property.  In 1971 and again in 1973, No. 25 was Winifreds – sewing machine service and repair and a hat shop.

 

 

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26 High Street

26 High Street

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Address: 26 High Street
Present Occupier: Monmouthshire County Council
Present Owner:
Ground Floor:
Other Floors:
Date when first used by present occupier:

 

About the Building

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

Demolished in 1977, due to large cracks in the fabric. The area became known as “Red Square” due to the colour of the girders used to shore up the buildings.

There were originally three lock-up shops (see also nos 25 and 25A)

No.26 pre-1978

Recent History

In 2015 H J Edwards & Sons, butchers, applied for planning permission for a new shopfront and frontage extension.  This included both Flannel and High Street frontages of the building.  Permission was granted. See 2016 photo below of redesigned Flannel and High Street frontages.  [Source: Monmouthshire Planning application no: DC/2015/00388]

Information from Abergavenny Local History Society Survey 1980:

From 1973 to 1977 : Kaydee (with no.25) : Milliner (Advert in Abergavenny Chronicle in 1973 advertises this same named shop as selling “curtains and covers”)

From 1952, also with Gethyn Jones on 1st floor : ladies’ hairdresser (see “Other Information” for adverts relating to this hairdresser’s premises. Appears to have been there for many years under different names but with this same owner – 1961 ‘Mavis Jones’, 1962 ‘Lareine Hairstylists’, 1971 & 72 ‘Mavis’)

In the 1940s : “Dorothy” hat shop and haberdashery;  and also at some stage Lyons sweet shop.

 

Previous Occupiers

Year Name Detail Source
1937 Gas showrooms Kelly
1934 Gas showrooms Kelly
1930 E H Davies House Furnishers Car/Npt & Dis
1926 E H Davies House Furnishers Kelly
1923 E H Davies & Co House Furnishers (also in St John’s Lane) Kelly
1920 E H Davies House Furnishers Kelly
1914 G R Edwards Cabinet makers (?until 1921) Kelly
1910 George R Edwards Cabinet makers Kelly
1906 George R Edwards Cabinet makers Kelly
1898 George William Shackleton Chemist (also at 61 Frogmore Street) Kelly
1895 George William Shackleton Chemist Kelly
1891 George William Shackleton Chemist Kelly
1884 George William Shackleton Chemist Kelly
1879 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Thacker
1877 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Owen
1875 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Mer & Croc
1871 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Kelly
1865 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Webster
1862 J P Watkins Chemist & Druggist Morris & Co

 

 

 

Other Information

Adverts in Abergavenny Chronicle 

1973 : ad for Kay-Dee, Curtains and covers

1971/1972 : ad for Mavis, hairdresser

1969 :ad for Lareine Hairstylists : “girl required”

July 1962 :ad for  Lareine hairstylists : re-opening after fire;  ads in 1964 and 1968 Lareine, proprietor Gethyn Jones

1961 : ad for Mavis Jones, hairdresser “requires young lady as improver”

1952 : ad for Gethin Jones, ladies’ hairdresser

 

 

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