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  • This mural painting was discovered in 1908 in an attic in the Gunter Mansion (34 - 40 Cross Street), Abergavenny. During the latter half of the 17th century, Thomas Gunter, an attorney and staunch Roman Catholic, used the attic as a chapel with Fr David Lewis and Fr Phillip Evans. At this time, Catholics were persecuted in Britain and were forced to meet in secret meeting places such as this one. In the wave of anti-Roman Catholicism following the wake of the Titus Oates Plot in 1678, both priests were hanged, disembowelled and burnt at Usk.
Gunter House mural, Abergavenny, 17th century
  • This mural painting was discovered in 1908 in an attic in the Gunter Mansion (34 - 40 Cross Street), Abergavenny. During the latter half of the 17th century, Thomas Gunter, an attorney and staunch Roman Catholic, used the attic as a chapel with Fr David Lewis and Fr Phillip Evans. At this time, Catholics were persecuted in Britain and were forced to meet in secret meeting places such as this one. In the wave of anti-Roman Catholicism following the wake of the Titus Oates Plot in 1678, both priests were hanged, disembowelled and burnt at Usk.
Gunter House mural, Abergavenny, 17th century
  • Carved oak mantelpiece from Tudor Street, Abergavenny. Within it is hung a 17th century tripod cooking pot, and in front of it is an 18th century pot hanger.
17th century fireplace, Abergavenny
  • Carved oak mantelpiece from Tudor Street, Abergavenny. Within it is hung a 17th century tripod cooking pot, and in front of it is an 18th century pot hanger.
17th century fireplace, Abergavenny
  • This photograph shows a chamber in a fairly wealthy Abergavenny household of about 1650. It is based on documents of the time which list the contents of people's homes. All the objects are genuine and date to this period.
Furniture from a Tudor period house, Abergavenny
  • This photograph shows a chamber in a fairly wealthy Abergavenny household of about 1650. It is based on documents of the time which list the contents of people's homes. All the objects are genuine and date to this period.
Furniture from a Tudor period house, Abergavenny