Judges' Lodging

place and town house

Aged unknown

The Judges' Lodgings, located in Whitecross Street, Monmouth, south east Wales, is an eighteenth-century building, with earlier origins, on the edge of St James' Square. It has its origins as an early 16th-century town house, becoming the 'Labour in Vain' inn around 1756. It was in use as the Judges' Lodgings for the Monmouth Assizes before 1835, and as the Militia Officers' Mess in the 1870s. Today it is a private house, with modern mews cottages built into the rear. It is a Grade II listed building and is one of 24 blue plaque buildings on the Monmouth Heritage Trail.

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Judges' Lodging This building has its origins as an early C16 town house, becoming the 'Labour in Vain' inn around 1756. It became used as the Judges' Lodging for the Monmouth Assizes before 1835, and as the Militia Officers' Mess in teh 1870's.

English translation: Llety'r Barnwyr Gwreiddiwyd yr adeilad hwn fel ty trefol yn gynnar yn yr 16eg ganrif. Erbyn tua 1756 roedd yn dafarn 'Labour in Vain'. Cyn 1835 fe'i ddefnyddiwyd fel LLety'r Barnwyr ar gyfer Brawdlys Trefynwy ac fel Ystafell Fwyta Swyddogion y Milisia tua 1870.

27 Whitecross Street, Monmouth, United Kingdom where it sited