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
12632
Building Number
1
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/08/1981
Date of Amendment
28/07/1992
Name of Property
1 Nun Street
Address
1 Nun Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
St. David's and the Cathedral Close
Town
Locality
Easting
175310
Northing
225352
Street Side
Location
Situated at southern end of Nun Street, on corner of The Pebbles, overlooking Cross Square.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Gwalia was probably built before 1857 when it was leased to W Williams. The Williams' family drapers shop, and later newsagent, continued from mid C19 into later C20. Listed in Kelly's 1906 Directory as W D Williams and Co, grocers, drapers, hatters, stationers and ironmongers.
Exterior
Mid C19 house and shops in painted stucco over rubble stone with slate roof and roughcast stacks to end walls and ridge. Two-storey 3-window range to Nos 1 and 3 (Gwalia) and 2-windows to No 5.
Nos 1 and 3: (Gwalia) has three 12-pane sashes above, one to left, two to right and door and one sash to ground floor right. Ground floor left shop with plain C20 plate glass window each side of former door, now also glazed. Roughcast and rendered S end wall, shown as slate hung in old photographs.
No 5: has two 12-pane sashes above and large modern wood-framed shop window below.
Interior
Reason for designation
Prominently sited with group value with other buildings in Cross Square.
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