Parade House, Monmouth

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Parade House
File:Parade House.jpg
Former names The Harp Inn
General information
Address Monk Street
Town or city Monmouth
Country Wales
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Current tenants Residential & 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, has three storeys, gothicised windows, 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 1839/40, Captain Charles Harrison Powell lived here and he had the dubious honour of serving on the Grand Jury when John Frost and two others were sentenced to death 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 benfactor 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

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  2. Keith Kissack, Monmouth and its Buildings, Logaston Press, 2003, ISBN 1-904396-01-1, page 59
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  4. Alan Sutton Publishing, Monmouth and the River Wye in Old Photographs, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1989, ISBN 0-86299-481-0, page 15
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