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Monnow Street, MONMOUTH, NP25 3XJ

Today, this is to the rear of Cornwall House which stands on Monnow Street. This dates from 1752 and is built in a Queen Anne style. Today the garden, a double burgage in width, is mainly lawn and is enclosed, originally the garden would run back to Chippenham Park and the River Wye. At the time the house belonged to Henry de Bergh, the Duke of Beaufort’s agent. In the early 20th century the house was the home of Cornish doctor resulting in the house becoming named Cornwall House. The house is a member of the Historic Houses Association and is open a few days each year to the public.

Cornwall House is situated at numbers 56 and 58, Monnow Street in Monmouth. The house dates from the late 17th century with later alterations. The building is Grade II listed.

Set back a few metres from Monnow Street, Monmouth's main shopping and business street. Cornwall House is a mid 18th century rebuild of the Great House which had occupied the site for about a century. The house was divided into two houses c1860. Grade II (star) listed in 1952 as one of the finest houses in Monmouth town centre. Part of the building has been the main office of the Monmouthshire Beacon newspaper since 1987.

The finest house in the street, the frontage dating from the late 18th century. An earlier wing at the rear dates from 1752. Now the local newspaper HQ.

House on Monnow Street rebuilt originally in 1752 from a 17th Century house and then substantially altered around the turn of the 18th/19th Centuries. Grade II* listed - see www.cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=85142.

A fine Georgian townhouse on Monmouth's main street. Pretty as a doll's house!

Gracing the entrance path to Cornwall House, Monmouth; see Image

Cornwall House, numbers 56 and 58 Monnow Street is one of the finest houses in Monmouth. On the site of a 16th century inn and a later building called Great House. The house was rebuilt in brick in 1752 with the main front facing Chippenham. Circa 1800, a rear block was remodelled as the house was "turned round" to face Monnow Street. The house was divided into two around 1860, and the top storey of the Monnow Street front may date from then. Number 56 is the offices of the Monmouth Beacon newspaper. Some early original internal features and fittings remain. Listed, grade II*, with details at https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2292 and at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=85142 The very fine wrought-iron garden railings and gates are listed, grade II*, with details at: https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=2293 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.

Yellow stuccoed Georgian building on Monnow Street. www.visitmonmouthshire.com

Monnow Street can be clearly seen running left to right