Monmouth Chambers

Monmouth Chambers, located at 3 and 3B Cork Street, is a late 17th-century building featuring two storeys and an attic, as well as three storeys and an attic. It is constructed of rubble and has a pantile roof with four bays. The left gable is original, complete with coping and a parapet, while the right gable is associated with a dormer above the timber-framed, plastered second floor of No 3B, which dates to around 1700. No 3 has a three-light attic window with a drip below the gable. No 3B features a two-light moulded wood mullion attic window and two cross-mullion windows on the second floor, one of which is partially original and previously had wooden drips.

On the first floor, there are three light mullion and transom windows with drips, one of which has a relieving arch. The ground floor of No 3 has a modern shop front and a plain entrance with part of a drip mould above. No 3B has a plain central entrance with a drip and plain flanking modern shop windows, also with drips above, indicating an earlier arrangement based on the position of the relieving arches. There is a residual gable to the left of the parapet, which was formerly part of a three-gable house, as depicted in a print at the Wine Street museum.

At the rear, there is a gabled two-storey and attic extension from the 17th century with two ashlar chimneys and a gable end two-light mullion window. A stair gable is located in the angle. Inside, the first floor features an interesting ceiling decoration from around 1650, including a vine scroll, shield, and griffin frieze, along with a plaster foiled pattern on the ceiling. There are two Gothic fireplaces, and a newel stair from the first floor has a heavy later 17th-century handrail, straight string, turned balusters, and 'pagoda'-style newels leading to the landing. Part of the second floor has a coved ceiling, and there is a further attic above the northern part with a stop-moulded ovolo surround to the door; this section is a later timber-framed addition. This building may have been where Monmouth stayed during his retreat in June 1685.