NPRN306182
Map ReferenceSO20NE
Grid ReferenceSO2519008764
Unitary (Local) AuthorityTorfaen
Old CountyMonmouthshire
CommunityBlaenavon
Type Of SiteSHOP
PeriodPost Medieval
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Description
Former retail departmental store, now food shop only. Present building to design of Mr J. Morgan, architect, of Blaenavon, dates from 1928; a reconstruction of original stores built in 1893. The Blaenavon Co-operative Society was formed in 1889 and became the Blaenavon Industrial and Provident Society in 1926 (J Lewis & M Thomas, Blaenavon through the years in photographs, vol. 1 (Abertillery: 1987).
Noted & photographed, 12/2001-02/2002, by O M Jenkins, RCAHMW.