Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Nun Street
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, designated on 26 August 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 26 August 1981
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88142, -5.26601
- Cadw reference
- 12634
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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 at southern end of Nun Street, on corner of The Pebbles, overlooking Cross Square.
History
Gwalia was probably built before 1857 when it was leased to W Williams. The Williams' family drapers shop, and later newsagent, continued from mid C19 into later C20. Listed in Kelly's 1906 Directory as W D Williams and Co, grocers, drapers, hatters, stationers and ironmongers.
Exterior
Mid C19 house and shops in painted stucco over rubble stone with slate roof and roughcast stacks to end walls and ridge. Two-storey 3-window range to Nos 1 and 3 (Gwalia) and 2-windows to No 5.
Nos 1 and 3: (Gwalia) has three 12-pane sashes above, one to left, two to right and door and one sash to ground floor right. Ground floor left shop with plain C20 plate glass window each side of former door, now also glazed. Roughcast and rendered S end wall, shown as slate hung in old photographs.
No 5: has two 12-pane sashes above and large modern wood-framed shop window below.
Reason for designation
Prominently sited with group value with other buildings in Cross Square.
Nearby in the register
- 3 Nun StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1 Nun StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Glendower including front garden wall & railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tower FashionsCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.