50 Frogmore Street

About the building

The interior of this building was demolished in 1975 because of badly constructed interior and rear walls. Some fragments of inscriptions have been plastered into walls on the stairs leading to the first floor. The old building has been strengthened by steel girders throughout.

It was the Bell Hotel in 1788 and a copy of the peppercorn indenture is in the Abergavenny Museum.

Recent history

2024 : Cable News was destroyed by fire as adjacent building to Magic Cottage Charity Shop (ex Richards Department Store) which burnt down on night of 10 November 2024

from approx 2016:  Cable News/Kath’s Kuts (men’s hairdresser) and pet shop (which closed approx 2018)

2015: Parkers Hardware

2000: Nantiago + Phillips photographers (nos 49 & 50)

1993: Nantiago sewing machines, yard, fabrics, etc., with no 49

1991, 1989, 1988, 1985: Nantiago Homecrafts, materials, etc. with no 49

1983, 1984: Nantiago Home Crafts (with no 49,)

1975- 1983: Mr & Mrs F O Richards, department store with nos 46,47,48, & 49.

1975: new showroom opened at no 50 end of 1975 for Richards

1972: notice of closure 30 November, The Fish Shop

Previous occupiers

Other information

Further information about the Bell Hotel appears in Abergavenny Pubs by Frank Olding, 2005, Tempus Publishing, Stroud Gloucestershire.

 

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