Parade House, Monmouth

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Parade House
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Parade House, Monmouth
Former namesThe Harp Inn
General information
AddressMonk Street
Town or city Monmouth
Country Wales
Coordinates 51°48′54″N2°42′46″W / 51.814888°N 2.712651°W / 51.814888; -2.712651
Current tenantsResidential & care home
Designations Grade II listed

Parade House, is a Grade II listed building in Monk Street, Monmouth, Wales. The building is 18th-century in origin and has three storeys, gothicised windows, an ornate staircase and a hipped roof.

History

The building was formerly an inn known as the Harp Inn in 1801 and consisted of two tenements. It was converted by a local banker in the mid-19th century. [1] [2] In 1839–1840, Captain Charles Harrison Powell was in residence when he served on the jury that convicted John Frost and two others for their part in the Chartist Newport Rising. [3]

In 1915 the building and grounds were used as a Red Cross auxiliary hospital for convalescent wounded soldiers of World War I. Mr Arnott was a prime benefactor of the hospital. A total of 1,422 patients were treated between 1915 and 1919. [4] The building was listed on 15 August 1974. [5] [1]

The building and grounds are currently (2012) used as a residential and care home.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Parade House, North Parade (20564)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  2. Keith Kissack, Monmouth and its Buildings, Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN   1-904396-01-1, page 59
  3. Voices for the Vote. Monmouth: Shire Hall. 2011. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-9568745-0-4.
  4. Alan Sutton Publishing, Monmouth and the River Wye in Old Photographs, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989, ISBN   0-86299-481-0, page 15
  5. Cadw. "Parade House (2305)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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