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
84950
Building Number
9
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/07/2005
Date of Amendment
29/07/2005
Name of Property
Pembroke Castle Shop
Address
9 Castle Terrace
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Pembroke
Town
Pembroke
Locality
Pembroke
Easting
198240
Northing
201559
Street Side
Location
Near the top of Westgate Hill on the N side of the road at the entrance to Pembroke Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Much rebuilt stone single-storey building, rebuilt in 1991 to designs by Gareth Scourfield as historical exhibition, now bookshop and ticket office for Pembroke Castle. Two storeys below, the basement storey possibly medieval stone vaulted room.
Exterior
Rubble stone building, single-storey to castle approach, with concrete plain tiles to roof and stone end stacks. Facade offset to left, three openings, centre door and outer recessed C20 casement windows in splayed full length reveals. Rendered end walls. Rear wall is rendered. Sub-basement, at ground level from garden, has centre door and two loops.
Interior
Basement has curved stone vault, running N-S, splayed reveals to loops on entrance wall and blocked doorway in SE corner. Stone bench on S end wall and two recesses. Straight joint to right of centre.
Shop interior has 3 pegged collar trusses.
Reason for designation
Included principally for the special interest of the surviving vaulted basement.
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