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
6167
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/04/1977
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
5 High Street
Address
5 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Tenby
Town
Tenby
Locality
Easting
213329
Northing
200569
Street Side
W
Location
Facing the sea at the NW end of the High Street some 35m from the junction with Crackwell Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Stuccoed terraced house now commercial premises, probably early C19 altered in late C19. No 6 adjoining appears to be of the same build. In earlier C20 premises were the Hotel Continental and later the Cafe Continental. Possibly the house occupied in 1851 by Mary Faulkner, accoutrier and lodgings. In 1881 occupied by H P Massey, in 1891 known as Charlton House occupied by John Gifford, in 1910-11 shop occupied by George Lord, clothes (also at 9 High St and No 2 Lancaster Buildings, High Street).
Exterior
Terraced house, now shop and flats. Painted stucco street elevation of 4 storeys with plain parapet. Slate gabled roof and red brick chimney to right. Two bays, 2 4-pane horned sashes to upper floor, large 2-storey canted oriel windows to main floors with 2-4-2-pane sashes and moulded cornices. Ground floor altered late C19 shop front with 3 pilasters with console brackets, 2 framing former house door to left, the third to right of shop window. Brackets have lion's masks. Dentil thin cornice interrupted by bases of oriels. Door to left has been replaced with plate glass fixed window. Shop has plate glass window with thin timber corner posts, and recessed door with overlight.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as part of the seafront stuccoed terrace prominent in views across the North Beach. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.
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