Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penporthclais
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Porthclais, St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 July 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1992
- Locality
- Porthclais
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86907, -5.28215
- Cadw reference
- 12688
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 the cliff-top overlooking Porthclais harbour, approached by footpath from western quay.
History
C18 or early C19
Exterior
Colourwashed rubble stone house with grouted slate low-pitched roof and rendered end stacks. Two storeys with low upper floor, double fronted with centre door set between pair of large buttresses with slated porch roof. Small 9-pane sash each side to ground floor, casement pair to first floor left, casement to first floor right. Painted slate sills. Lower range attached to S with large S end stack, grouted roof, centre door and window each side. C20 glazing. S end C20 window. Lower range attached to N has slate roof and two glazed doors.
Reason for designation
Marked on 1840 Tithe Map as two cottages.
A good example of small two-storey Dewisland house.
Nearby in the register
- One of a Pair of Limekilns on Eastern QuayIndustrialunder 1 mi
- One of a Pair of Limelkilns on Eastern QuayIndustrialunder 1 mi
- One of a Pair of Limekilns on Western Side of SlipwayIndustrialunder 1 mi
- One of a Pair of Limekilns on western side of slipwayIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.