6 Monk Street, Laburnum Cottage
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 6 Monk Street, Laburnum Cottage |
| Present Occupier: | |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Residence |
| Other Floors: | |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
Listed Building Grade II No. 87850
Laburnum Cottage– this building was Grade II Listed on 11 January 1974: see https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300087850-laburnum-cottage-including-front-railings-wall-and-gate-abergavenny
The house is built partly on the lane that ran at the back of Cross Street and carried on past the Tithe Barn (Beili Lane).
A doorway from the next house (now blocked up) once led to it when it was a small restaurant.
The left hand wall is the line of the Town Wall; a section of the Town Wall, present when an archaeological survey was done in 1972, is no longer visible.
The house appears to have been built in at least three phases. A very thick walled rear building was added to later by a central building with an alley between it and the town wall, judging by the roof beams.The front section with high ceilings and an ornate balcony is most recent.Now the old town wall forms one side wall of the house running from front to back and the full length of the garden into the brewery yard. The front section is red brick under render with sandstone corners and around the windows.
The Cibi brook is said to have run along what is now the driveway but was culveted and some of the flow diverted by the Council after flooding in the 1970s.
The front part of the house is said to have been used as a toll house in the 19th century.The parking to the rear had a building referred to in the old deeds as the stables.
Thanks to the owner for additional information and corrections.
Recent History
Owners of the property in 21st century (dates unknown) include Mr T Rochester and Mr G Huddlestone
A confectioners at No 8, the Priory Tuck shop, was at one time sited beside No 6 but it is unclear when it was demolished. It is claimed that it was there in the late 1870s or early 1980s.
Previous Occupiers
NOTE: some of this information may apply to no 8. It is unclear if the houses have been renumbered.
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1970 | Mrs Curtis until late 1940s | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent | |
| 1937 | Mrs Curtis | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent | Kelly |
| 1934 | Mrs Curtis | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent | Kelly |
| 1930 | Uriah Curtis | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1926 | Uriah Curtis | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent | Kelly |
| 1923 | Uriah Curtis/Mrs Katherine Johns | Confectioner – the Priory Tuck Shop – and haulage business in the lean-to shop adjacent also fruiterer | Kelly |
| 1920 | Mrs Katherine Johns | Fruiterer | Kelly |
| 1914 | Mrs Katherine Johns | Confectioner | Kelly |
| 1910 | Mrs Katherine Johns | Confectioner | Kelly |
| 1906 | Henry Gwyther | Bootmaker | Kelly |
| 1901 | Henry Gwyther | Bootmaker | Kelly |
| 1891 | Charles Thomas Powell | Grainer, signwriter, house decorator | Kelly |
| 1875 |
William Rosser |
Bootmaker |
Mer & Croc |
Other Information
1973-1975: Mr Barnfield owned the building, it was derelict for many years.
1906: Henry Gwyther also was at no 5 Monk Street.
1865: William Prosser Stone Mason Webster and Co.’s Postal and Commercial Directory of the City of Bristol, and counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth 1865 Source: ‘Laburnham Cottage, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales’, Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/place.php?id=msib1_1208266095, accessed 26 Mar 2025]
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