Monmouth houses [33]
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Monmouth houses [33]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 28 May 2021
Whitecross House, number 17 Whitecross Street, was built circa 1710 with early 19th century internal alterations. The building was The Portcullis Inn, possibly circa 1740 to circa 1820. Constructed of rendered and painted brick under a Welsh slate roof. Internal features and fittings from the early 18th and the early 19th centuries remain. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2362 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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