Monmouth buildings [49]
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Monmouth buildings [49]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 28 May 2021
Set well back from the street, the Masonic Temple was built in 1797 as a theatre. It was converted into a Masonic Temple in 1837 and refronted in 1846. Constructed in a classical style of roughcast brick under a Welsh slate roof. The building suffered a fire in 2005. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2276 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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Image Location
Latitude
51.814273
Longitude
-2.713514