Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
6156
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1961
Date of Amendment
28/03/2002
Name of Property
Sleeman's Stores
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Tenby
Town
Tenby
Locality
Easting
213544
Northing
200490
Street Side
S
Location
At the SE end of The Sluice on the S side of the harbour.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
Marine warehouse built over the E end of the sluice. It looks earlier C19 but is said to date from the late C18. It is not apparent in Norris's 1817 view of the harbour. It was used in the C19 as a store for imported wine, vinegar, oil, fruit and salt. Thomas Sleeman JP (1781-1855) is listed in the 1848 directory as local agent for Lloyds of London and as wine, spirit and general merchant in the High Street. He was twice mayor of Tenby. Now the Tenby Yacht Club.
Exterior
Warehouse now yacht club, rubble stone with slate close-eaved roof. Tall 3-storey, 4-window range with small window openings on both E and W sides, C20 glazing, red brick cambered heads. The E side has broad opening to ground floor left, across 2 bays with concrete lintel, window between bays 2 and 3, door and window under single head in bay 3 and window in bay 4. The W side has 3 blocked broad arches with grey stone voussoirs, below high water level to the Sluice. N gable end has a doorway on each floor and late C20 added metal stairs.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a maritime warehouse, illustrative of the coastal trade of Tenby.
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