Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/03/1951
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Kemendine and area railings
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Terraced house on S side of Bridge Street overlooking harbour, paired with Gwynne House to right.
History
Half of a stuccoed three-storey pair of c1830, with Gwynne House. Formerly numbered No 2 and Gwynne House No 3, but these numbers now used for houses at further end of Bridge Street.
Exterior
House, the left half of a symmetrical pair with Gwynne House, the pair of painted stucco lined as ashlar with parapet and hipped slate roof with brick stacks each side. Three storeys and basement, double-fronted with paired centre doors. One 16-pane sash window to first and second floors of each house, the first floor windows with early C19 Gothic iron guards. Second floor window of Kemendine has later plate glass sash. On ground floor, narrower 12-pane sash window to either side of paired centre doorways with single flight of slate steps. Good open-pedimented double doorcase with 3 thin columns; fielded panelled reveals and fielded panelled doors; semi-circular fanlights with fine metal tracery. Sash windows to basements, 4-pane to Kemendine, 12-pane to Gwynne House.
Earlier C19 area railings with wrought iron scrolls and standards with lotus-and-ball finials.
Interior
Front ground floor room retains similar cornice to Gwynne House.
Reason for designation
Included as one half of a well-preserved late Georgian pair of town-houses.
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