Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, designated on 1 July 1974.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 1 July 1974
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Haverfordwest
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80300, -4.97233
- Cadw reference
- 12199
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to left of former Wesleyan chapel on raised terrace over Perrot Road.
History
Substantial schoolroom of 1874 by D.E. Thomas of Haverfordwest, in Gothic style contrasting with the adjacent chapel of 1818 and 1835. It was to cost £800.
Exterior
Schoolroom, rubble stone with steep slate roof and crested ridge tiles. Single storey with four tall arched windows and central projecting stone gabled porch. The windows have ashlar flush surrounds and rubble stone voussoirs. Timber Y-tracery with transom, and small-paned glazing. Porch has a coped gable with stone finial and a pair of small arched lights in ashlar surrounds, with marginal glazing bars. Small ashlar niche above. Cambered headed doorway on right side wall, ashlar flush surround to boarded door.
Interior
Interior used as antiques showroom.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial later C19 Sunday school, of group value with the Wesleyan Chapel.
Nearby in the register
- Former Wesleyan Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 12 City RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wall enclosing garden behind No. 4 on W sideDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint Martin of ToursReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.