Monmouth buildings [47]
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Monmouth buildings [47]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 4 Jun 2021
Numbers 14 and 16 St James' Square date to circa 1600, altered in the 19th century. They were one property in the 1930s when used as a garage, with number 16 as workshops. Later converted into two houses with the bay on the right a 1950s addition. Number 16 is now home to a dental practice. Constructed of rendered brick under a Welsh slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=85032 (number 14) and at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=85199 Monmouth is a market town at the confluence of the Rivers Monnow and Wye some 30 miles northeast of Cardiff. Although there is evidence of settlement in the Neolithic period, the town was established around the Norman castle which was the birthplace of King Henry V. The historic county town of Monmouthshire, the town is now a centre for Wye Valley tourism.
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51.813209
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