Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Post House
Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 December 1997
- Locality
- Dale
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Dale
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70912, -5.17449
- Cadw reference
- 19131
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 set-back in long gardens on N side of Castle Way, between Dale Castle and the sea. Marked as No 145 Castle Way on O.S.
History
Late C18 or early C19 village house, probably rebuilt on much earlier core, as shown by the large external E chimney. Once used as the Post Office. Owned by the Dale Castle estate.
Exterior
House, colourwashed roughcast with grouted slate roof and roughcast end stacks, small to W, massive external E end stack. Two-storey, three-window range originally of 12-pane sashes, outer ones on first floor replaced in plastic. Centre C20 flat-roofed centre porch with S half-glazed door. Ledged door within.
Reason for designation
A Georgian house of regional character with the massive external chimney typical of South Pembrokeshire.
Nearby in the register
- Walls and entrance arch to walled garden to E of Dale ChurchGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint James the GreatReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Dale CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- Coldstream LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.