2 and 3 Frogmore Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 2 and 3 Frogmore Street |
| Present Occupier: | Temporary home of Magic Cottage charity |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Charity shop |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: | January 2025 |
About the Building
This is probably an early Victorian classical building, but crudely done. The lower part was rebuilt between 1924 & 1929.
An advertisement of 18886 (copy in Abergavenny Museum)shows a lively skyline with three small pediments and urns at the corners which were replaced at some time with a heavy cornice, which was present in 1979 but since altered.
Recent History
From approx January 2025 : temporary home of Magic Cottage charity shop (previously situated in the old Richards store in Frogmore Street – the shop was totally destroyed by fire on 10 December 2024)
Closed 18th April 2023 : HSBC (once known as Midland Bank). This branch of HSBC had been present on this site since ????
(Part of a closure of 114 branches announced for 2023 and following on from a previous closure of 69 branches in 2022)
1923 – 1979 Midland Bank
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1947 | Midland Bank | Rate book | |
| 1937 | Midland Bank Ltd | Private residence for Charles T Annistone, Manager | Kelly |
| 1934 | Midland Bank Ltd | Kelly | |
| 1930 | Midland Bank Ltd | Car/Npt & Dis | |
| 1926 | Midland Bank Ltd | Kelly | |
| 1923 | Midland Bank Ltd | Kelly | |
| 1920 | London Joint City & Midland Bank | Manager Percy Gibbs | Kelly |
| 1910 | Wildings Ltd | Clothiers | Kelly |
| 1906 | Wildings Ltd | Clothiers | Kelly |
| 1901 | Joseph Strawson | Milliner & Ladies Outfitters | Kelly |
| 1895 | Wildings | Gentlemen’s Outfitters | Kelly |
| 1891 | Wildings | Gentlemen’s Outfitters | Kelly |
| 1886 | Prop W C Williams | General Drapery | |
| 1884 | Wildings | Gentlemen’s Outfitters | Kelly |
| 1879 | No 2: Sarah Mitchell No 3: Thomas Player |
Fancy Depository Grocer |
Thacker |
| 1877 | No 2: Sarah Mitchell No 3: Thomas Player |
Fancy Depository Grocer |
Owen |
| 1875 | No 2: Sarah Mitchell No 3: Thomas Player |
Fancy Depository Grocer |
Mer & Croc |
| 1871 | No 2: Sarah Mitchell No 3: Thomas Player |
Fancy Depository Grocer |
Kelly |
| 1865 | No 2: Sarah Michael No 3: Albert Freeman |
Fancy Depository Grocer |
Webster |
| 1862 | No 2 & 3:James Jones | Boot & shoe maker | Morris & Co |
| 1851 | James Jones | Currier & leather dress | Census |
Other Information
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