History

Probably mid C18, with alterations in the early C20. The main bar fireplace is said to have been brought from No. 65 Castle Street, demolished for slum clearance in the 1960s. The house was known as The Sun Inn until 1974. The South Gate of Abergavenny spanned the street outside this building, it was demolished in 1795, previously the street to the south of the gate was Mill Street. The Cwmreigiffion Society was founded here in 1832.

Exterior

The whole building is uniformly roughcast and has a natural slate roof. Two linked sections, the right hand one probably later; both are double depth plan, but their fronts are not in the same plane.
To the left the main part is two storeys, three windows. Lower windows are unevenly levelled and sized early C20 plate glass sashes and with a modern central door without architrave. Upper floor windows with 6 over 6 pane sashes and external shutters. Steeply pitched plain roof with red brick gable stacks.
To the right, a wing of three storey height, but with the ground floor blind except for carriage arch on right. First floor has two windows with 6 over 6 pane sashes and external shutters. The second floor has two small 3 over 3 pane sash windows. The ridge line is lower than the adjoining part and thus has a lower pitch as the eaves line is the same, small stack on right gable.
The rear elevation shows a red sandstone rubble back wall and a small central 2-light dormer.

Interior

The ground floor, once two rooms with central hall, is now a single bar space with stair rising at rear right. There are five large and long cross-beams, but they are only roughly chamfered and have no stops. The north wall carries a huge late C16 fireplace with an enormous lintel stone and hollow chamfered jambs (see History). Upper floors not seen.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a probably C18 public house retaining its character, which has strong group value with the other historic buildings in Cross Street.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29482475

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