Agincourt House, Monmouth
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![]() Agincourt House in 2009; the antiques business has since closed | |
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General information | |
Address | No. 1 Agincourt Square |
Town or city | Monmouth |
Country | Wales |
Coordinates | 51°48′44.9″N 2°42′55.0″W / 51.812472°N 2.715278°W |
Construction started | 1624 |
Agincourt House, No. 1 Agincourt Square, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales is a notable early seventeenth century half-timbered building.[1]
History
The building has been much restored, but the
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A house on the site is shown on John Speed's map of Monmouth Town dated 1610, the street plan on which was to remain unaltered until the 19th century. The present shop frontage is late nineteenth century.[5] From around 1830 to the end of the 19th century it was an ironmongers. In 1830 the proprietor was Josiah Coates, who was also a blacksmith, brazier, and tinplate worker. From the early 1860s to 1883 the proprietor was Joseph Coates, with the words 'Furnishing' and 'Ironmonger' on the shop fascia to either side of the name 'Coates'. He also undertook the duties of blacksmith, but he was also a nailmaker, locksmith, and bellhanger. Joseph Coates (d. 1883) was a chorister and churchwarden at St Mary's Priory Church.
From 1884 the premises were occupied by another Ironmonger, namely William Honeyfield, a prominent citizen in Monmouth who served as
Notes
- ^ a b Newman 2000, p. 405.
- ^ Hiling 2018, p. 106.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ Welsh Mayors Elect , Western Mail, Wednesday, November 9, 1892
- ^ "Agincourt Square, Numbers 1 and 1a (36360)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
References
- Hiling, John B. (2018). The Architecture of Wales: From the First to the Twenty-First Centuries. Cardiff: ISBN 978-1-786-83285-6.
- Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.