Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
28/03/2002
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Premises occupied by Five Arches Gifts
Address
13 St George's Street
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Situated on the S side of St George's Street between the junction with Lower Frog Street and the town wall.
History
Shop premises, c 1860, of one 2-storey, 4-bay build with the Bush Inn adjoining. Not shown in engraving of 1856, but shown in guide-book of 1863. Old photographs show 12-pane sashes upstairs, 4-pane sash in right bay of ground floor, door in middle bay, flanked by pilasters and small shopfront to left.
Exterior
House and shop, white painted stucco with slate close-eaved roof, 2 storeys, 3 bays (of matching 4-bay range with the Bush Inn). First floor plate glass sashes over ground floor shop with continuous entablature and cornice over. Thin pilaster at extreme left and 2 blocks in frieze indicating sites of 2 other pilasters, removed for shop window. A fourth remains on the Bush Inn, to right. Four-panel door with overlight to left and shop with C20 glazing each side of recessed door, narrow pane to left, wide to right.
Reason for designation
Included as part of a single range with the Bush Inn, of group value with the medieval Five Arches beyond.
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