Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telegraph Cottage
Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1993
- Locality
- Hakin
- Community
- Milford Haven
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71001, -5.05307
- Cadw reference
- 12919
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated off Picton Road, between Gorsewood Drive and approach to Fort Hubberstone.
History
l855 group of three cottages, now one, built as part of the telegraph system between the various sides of the Haven.
Exterior
Stucco with slate roofs, single storey with centre cottage recessed between gable-ended outer L-plan cottages. Centre cottage has coped gables and axial ridge stack, two four-pane sashes and centre coped gabled rendered porch with Tudor-arched entry. Flanking cottages have S end coped gables and windows, original 12-pane sash survives on gable to right, and have side wall chimneys and Tudor-arched doors in angles to rear wings. W and E gables have sash windows and rear side wall stacks. Centre cottage has rear lean-to and and centre porch.
Reason for designation
Described in l855 as 'Three dwelling houses being erected in cottage style' and in l856 as 'very handsome .. conspicuous for miles .. numerous lights and white chimney stacks give it a pretty turretted appearance.
Nearby in the register
- Fort HubberstonDefenceunder 1 mi
- 21 Westaway Drive (Westaway)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Fort HubberstonFortunder 1 mi
- The ObservatoryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.