Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
12113
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/07/1974
Date of Amendment
30/11/2005
Name of Property
2 High Street
Address
2 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Haverfordwest
Town
Haverfordwest
Locality
Easting
195226
Northing
215598
Street Side
N
Location
Situated at upper end of High Street facing Boer War memorial.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
End-terrace premises, with later C19 detail to tall three-storey-and-attic building of c1700, built on medieval barrel vaulted cellar. Part of Swales Music Centre with Nos 4 and 6, joined internally. The deeds go back to 1809 when owned by Edward Paget of Bank Place, London. There were two medieval timber-framed houses to the left, demolished in the 1880s for the Town Council Chamber and Temperance Hall. A photograph of 1921 shows the windows without surrounds and the shop occupied by a confectioner, Mrs Hugh George in 1926 directory.
Exterior
End-terrace house and shop, unpainted roughcast and painted stucco with imitation-slate close-eaved roof and no chimneys. Three storeys and attic, three close-set bays. Hipped eaves dormer with modern casements and top lights. Windows in C20 raised shouldered stuccoed surrounds, modern plate glass sashes. Shop front and house doorway to right flanked by pilasters, three in all, the one between the door and shop front wider. Overall timber fascia and cornice. C20 half-glazed house door. Shopfront has two plate glass large panes to right of C20 glazed door with overlight. Rendered left end wall with one 4-pane sash to first floor right and short wing to left with grey limestone rubble tall square chimney. Twelve-pane sash under eaves.
Rear N faces on to Dark Street, four storeys rendered, gabled. Windows set to left: hornless 12-pane attic sash, over large hornless 12-pane sash, over canted oriel (at interior ground floor level) with rounded angle shafts and basement board door with big cambered-headed overlight to left of garage doors.
Interior
Interior not inspected. Said to have good full-height staircase of c1700 with twisted balusters, the top landing with shaped flat balusters. Ground floor rear room with pair of C18 cupboards, the doors with arched panels separated by fluted pilasters. On the first floor a fine panelled room with moulded chimneypiece. Pointed barrel vaulted medieval cellar.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as one of the earliest surviving houses in the town with medieval cellar and good c1700 interior detail above.
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