Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Reading Room
Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Dale, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, designated on 10 December 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 10 December 1997
- Locality
- Dale
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Dale
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.70695, -5.16906
- Cadw reference
- 19139
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 227 Milford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 227 Milford (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of South Street, just W of the rear courtyard of Eaton House. Marked on O.S. as No 8.
History
Later C19 village reading-room, converted in 1892 from an older, possibly C18, cottage by the Dale Castle estate. Called the Reading Room Gallery (1997) and used for sale of paintings.
Exterior
Reading room, converted from former house. Colourwashed render and roughcast with asbestos sheet roof. One storey, double-fronted. Facade is rendered to door-head and window-sill height, roughcast above. Centre cambered-headed 6-panel door, two large windows, set high, each of 6 panes. Render and rubble stone to E end wall.
Interior
Single room with boarded ceiling.
Reason for designation
Included mainly for group value with Eaton House to E and No 2 South Street to S and also for historical reasons, as the village reading-room.
Nearby in the register
- 2 South StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Eaton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Richmond HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Griffin InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.