Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
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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