Monmouth - Visit 15th August 2007 (for images from 2011 visit see Monmouth 2).
'The Tan House, Monmouth', by Mary Bagnall-Oakeley.
Watercolor, Shown here with kind permission of the Nelson Museum & Local History Centre, Monmouth
This timber framed building was pulled down in 1868. Behind it, the large tannery yard stretched back to the bank of the Monnow River. The pile in front of the tannery doors is either oak bark, newly delivered for the tanning process, or spent tan, the waste product which was spread on the streets during Assizes to muffle the sounds of horse-drawn traffic.
The property was acquired by Benjamin Stephens.
Monnow Bridge, Monmouth
Monnow St, Monmouth
Site of Tan House
Monnow Bridge
Site of Tan House
