Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Candle Stores
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 14 December 1971
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Haverfordwest
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80059, -4.96703
- Cadw reference
- 12215
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the quay just N of the Old Wool Market.
History
Quayside warehouse, probably early C19, possibly late C18. Restored in late C20 and used as restaurant, deteriorating 2005.
Exterior
Warehouse, rubble stone with slate close-eaved roof, half-hipped at ends. Three storeys, three bays with renewed casement pair windows, stone voussoirs to cambered heads and slate sills. E front to quay has three top windows evenly spaced, three longer first floor windows with the right one spaced further right than the window above and ground floor broad cambered-headed former entry, with bicolour voussoirs, now with C20 glazed doors and sidelights. S end has first floor door reached by long flight of stone steps across gable front of the Old Wool Market. Large loft window above with timber lintel.
Front to Quay Street, also three-storey and three-bay has renewed windows with cambered heads and stone voussoirs flanking centre longer former loading doors, and wide cambered ground floor centre opening with stone voussoirs, flanked by similar cambered headed opening to each side, these with cast concrete curved heads replacing flat heads since 1974. Modern glazing.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a substantial late Georgian riverside warehouse.
Nearby in the register
- The Old Wool MarketCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Bristol Trader InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old QuayMaritimeunder 1 mi
- The Old GranaryCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.