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
6171
Building Number
16
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/04/1977
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
16 High Street
Address
16 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Tenby
Town
Tenby
Locality
Easting
213377
Northing
200479
Street Side
W
Location
Situated on the SW side of the High Street on the S corner of the junction with Bank Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Earlier C19 house now commercial premises, apparently once known as Bank House occupied by John Edwards grocer in 1851, and R. Jenkins shoemaker in 1891. An advertisement for M A Jenkins, bootmaker, at Bank House in 1892 stated that the business had been established in 1835. Part of the premises of T Tucker, hairdresses (established in No 17 adjoining from the later C19) in 1922. In 1926 Myra J Tucker, fancy repository, an antique shop (Berry) in 1966, Morris & Son 1977, Morris Brothers, clothes, 2001.
Exterior
End terrace house and shop, painted stucco street elevation of 3 storeys, one bay with hipped slate roof and nogged brick eaves. One 4-pane hornless sash window to upper floor, later C19 first floor canted oriel window with moulded cornice and fixed 6-pane glazing to front. Ground floor shopfront with recessed centre door with overlight and 3-pane shop-window each side, the inner ones canted in. Panelled soffit in front of door.
Right end to Bank Lane has a 12-pane hornless sash window with glazing bars on both upper floors and a plate glass window to right hand on ground floor, and slate-hung projection under eaves. Range continues to right, 3 bays with same toothed brick eaves cornice. The two right hand bays have 12-pane sash windows on upper floors and 2 plain fixed windows on ground floor. Left hand bay has an 8-pane stair window between first and second floors. There was an arched doorway below with 2 slate steps, deep reveals and door with 6 carved panels, removed and rendered over since 1977.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as one of a prominent group of three premises facing down the High Street and over the churchyard.
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