7 Flannel Street

About the building

From CADW Website:

“The present, apparently C18 and C19 public house is actually an agglomeration of three properties, each with a distinct external character. The public house was first the centre one and has grown into those on either side, into the right hand one since listing in 1974. The right hand house is a late C16 continuous jetty house, and the centre one probably is also but the evidence here is more fragmentary. Both these were then extensively altered and refurbished in the C18 and again in the C19 when the shopfronts were added. The left hand section appears to be wholly of the C19 and later, with considerable rebuilding in the late C20.”

Early 19th century. Fine brass name plate on window cill. (source: Welsh Office)

The back room must have been a small courtyard in earlier times. The remains of windows can still be seen.

Recent history

Hen & Chickens Public House, proprietor,

L T G Berrington between 1937 & 1980.

Previous occupiers

Other information

In 1834, Wood’s map of Abergavenny clearly shows the pub with a large yard at the rear opening onto St John’s Street.

Until the establishment of the cattle market in 1867, the town’s poultry market was held in Flannel Street and St John’s Street, hence the name.

There is more information in: Abergavenny Pubs, by Frank Olding, published by Tempus Publishing Ltd,, Stroud Gloucestershire. Available for purchase from Abergavenny Museum.

 

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