Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Richmond 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
- 51.70709, -5.16883
- Cadw reference
- 19135
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 on waterfront at Dale in terraced row between the Griffin Inn and Eaton House.
History
Later C18 three-storey house, of one build with the Griffin Inn to N. Owned by the Dale Castle estate.
Exterior
House, whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof and large roughcast N end stack. Three-storey, three-window E front with two upper windows, and 8-pane horned sashes to main floors. Square upper windows are a horizontal-sliding sash to left and a 4-pane sash to right. Door is in left bay of ground floor, C20 6-panel door with renewed timber hood on brackets.
Interior
Mid to later Georgian closed-string staircase in 4 flights with moulded rail and square newels. Turned balusters, some original some replaced. 2 pegged oak roof trusses.
Reason for designation
A later C18 house of provincial Georgian character, prominently sited on the waterfront at Dale.
Nearby in the register
- Eaton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Griffin InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Reading RoomEducationunder 1 mi
- 2 South StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.