Great Castle House

Great Castle House is a former town house built on the site of part of in . Amongst the town's most significant buildings, it has a Grade I listing and is one of 24 sites on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Grade I listed building in Monmouth. Former town house built on the site of part of Monmouth Castle in Wales
  • Also known as: “Castle House”
  • Address: Castle Hill, Monmouth, NP25 3BS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Monmouth Castle and Monmouth Regimental Museum.

Castle
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is a castle close to the centre of the town of , the county town of , on a hill above the in south-east .

Museum
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The is located on Castle Hill in , , . The museum is in a wing of Great Castle House, a listed building on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

Historic building
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The , , , is a prominent building on Agincourt Square in the town centre. It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the assize courts and quarter sessions for . is situated 400 feet southeast of Great Castle House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Overmonnow and Dixton.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the town of , in , which is located to the west of the and the . It developed in the Middle Ages, when it was protected by a defensive ditch, the Clawdd-du or "Black Dyke", the remains of which are now protected as an ancient monument.

Village
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is a small village located 1 mile north east of , on the banks of the , in , south east . The parish originally comprised the two manors of Newton and Hadnock, on either side of the river.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , , located less than 1 mile north of the town centre. It was the site of one of the first public electricity generating stations in Britain, using water power from the .

Great Castle House

Latitude
51.81273° or 51° 48′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.71646° or 2° 42′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C3VR77M+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167177377
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1028045
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Great Castle House” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Great Castle House”
  • Danish: “Great Castle House”
  • Dutch: “Great Castle House”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Kasteldomo”
  • French: “Great Castle House”
  • Hindi: “ग्रेट कासल हाउस”
  • Hungarian: “Great Castle House”
  • Indonesian: “Great Castle House”
  • Japanese: “グレート・カッスル・ハウス”
  • Russian: “Грейт Касл хауз”
  • Turkish: “Great Kalesi”
  • Welsh: “Great Castle House, Trefynwy”
  • Welsh: “Great Castle House”
  • Welsh: “Tŷ Mawr y Castell”
  • Welsh: “Ty’r Castell”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Little Castle House and Agincourt Square.

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