33 Whitecross Street is a grade II listed building in Monmouth, Wales in the area of St James Square. The property was the site of an archaeological excavation in 2009, which found evidence of Neolith
33 Whitecross Street, to left, at southwest side of St James Square
View from southwest side of St James Square with Monmouth War Memorial, installed 1921, and Indian Bean Tree, planted c.1900
33 Whitecross Street (far left), St James House (right), and Public Library (centre)
St James Square in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales is the site of a historic Indian Bean Tree. The Catalpa bignonioides, a native of the southeastern United States, was planted in the square in about 1
33 Whitecross Street, Monmouth
…the building an alternate address, 33 St James Square, on the west side of the square. The "romantic-looking tree" is a reference to the Catalpa or Indian Bean Tree which was planted on the square around 1900. The Catalpa, considered to be "one of the best examples of the species in Britain," became the focus of…
Indian Bean Tree in St James Square, behind the Monmouth War Memorial, September 2010
Metal supports were placed under some large branches of the Indian Bean Tree c. 2006.
Indian Bean Tree with supporting rods, behind Monmouth War Memorial, Nov 2007