Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
One of Two Cottages
Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Solfach Uchaf/Upper Solva, Solva, Pembrokeshire, designated on 4 February 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 4 February 1991
- Locality
- Solfach Uchaf/Upper Solva
- Community
- Solva
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87300, -5.19505
- Cadw reference
- 12462
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on hillside behind No.30, approached by footpath.
History
Marked on 1838 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Early C19 pair of houses in rubble stone with whitewashed, slate-hung front, grouted slate roof, east end stack and truncated west stack. Two, 2-storey, 3-window houses with whitewashed rubble plinth to ground floor sill level, and originally 4-pane sash windows with slate sills and centre door to each. The windows of the 2-centre bays of row have been widened in C20 and slate-hanging imitated in render. The left cottage has west end tall lean-to and a 12-pane sash over front door, right cottage has 2-pane windows to centre and right of upper floor. One large brick stack on rear roof slope. Two rear doors.
Although altered, this pair and No.30 adjoining are important as last survivors of the colourwashed, slate-hung facades previously common in Solva; amongst the best survivors of the prominent cliff-top group of houses in Pen-yr-Aber pictured in views of Solva from the estuary.
Nearby in the register
- One of Two CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen yr Aber (Bryn y Mor)Domesticunder 1 mi
- St TeiloDomesticunder 1 mi
- Glan y MorDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.