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Town Walls (remains of) behind Nevill Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8224 / 51°49'20"N

Longitude: -3.0204 / 3°1'13"W

OS Eastings: 329768

OS Northings: 214250

OS Grid: SO297142

Mapcode National: GBR F5.W9G5

Mapcode Global: VH796.LGL8

Plus Code: 9C3RRXCH+XR

Entry Name: Town Walls (remains of) behind Nevill Street

Listing Date: 1 November 1974

Last Amended: 10 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2377

Building Class: Defence

ID on this website: 300002377

Location: Running behind the gardens of the north-west side of Nevill Street along the lane entered through No. 69 Frogmore Street and going round to the back of the Kings Arms.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Abergavenny (Y Fenni)

Community: Abergavenny

Built-Up Area: Abergavenny

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: City walls

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History

Fragments of medieval town walls built first in the C14 when Abergavenny had a complete circuit with four gates. This section ran from the North Gate (demolished late C18) in Frogmore Street to the Tudor Street Gate (demolished after 1802) which gave access to the road leading down to Usk Bridge (qv Merthyr Road). It was partially demolished and rebuilt in the centuries following the Civil War in the mid C17 so that very little ancient fabric now remains.

Exterior

Red sandstone rubble. Only a few of the facing stones at the base can be considered ancient, the rest, some of which is about 4m in height, has been rebuilt later, some of it quite recently. The wall forms the garden boundary to Nos. 5-29 (odd) Nevill Street and is at its highest behind No.11.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special historic interest as a fragment of the medieval town walls of Abergavenny.

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