North Parade House, in

Monmouth Monmouth ( or ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8 ...

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, dates from the late 18th century, and was refurbished in c.1800 by a wool merchant who took over the

malthouse A malt house, malt barn, or maltings, is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout and then drying it to stop further growth. The malt is used in brewing beer, whisky and in certain foo ...

next door as a wool store, along with the cottages further up the street as housing for his workers. It has been a

grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

building since 27 October 1965.

Description

Windows on the north gable of the store part of the building suggest that the building post dates the cottages. circa 1800 and later features are seen internally. The building is stucco-fronted and has Welsh slate roofs. There are three storeys with a parapet with a hipped roof. Left of the main house, is a three-storey extension. This was the original malt-house that was converted into a warehouse for preparing and storing the wool. It has no windows on the second floor, and only one to the first floor. The roof of this part is also hidden behind a parapet and is hipped from front to back.

Keith Kissack Keith Edward Kissack MBE (18 November 1913 – 31 March 2010) was a British schoolteacher and historian. He is notable for his many publications on the history of Monmouth and Monmouthshire. Life Kissack was born in Clun, Shropshire, to Rev. B ...

, ''Monmouth and its Buildings'', Logaston Press, 2003, , page 104 The building has Adam-style fireplaces in several rooms and a walled garden at the rear that allowed access to the building from the cottages.

suggested that the house, former work place and cottages are a well-preserved example of the way business, industry and family life could be combined. He also points out how the view from the house changed quite severely over the years, having

Monmouth County Gaol The County Gaol, situated in North Parade, Monmouth, Wales, was Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire's main prison when it was opened in 1790.Newman J., The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, (2000) Penguin Books, page 407 It served as t ...

being built in 1790 and demolished in 1884. The house being shown in a photograph dating from 1860 showing Toll house and Monmouth County Gaol with North Parade House on the right.

Notes

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