Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Frogmore House
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 28 March 2002
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67092, -4.70005
- Cadw reference
- 26372
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
On the SW side of Lower Frog Street approximately 40m from the junction with St George's Street.
History
End terrace house, possibly originally detached, dated 1856 with early C20 former Lillycrop fishmonger's shop to ground floor. The Lillycrops were a long-established Tenby fishing family, a memorial window in the fishermens' chapel on the harbour is to 2 members drowned in 1881. Occupied by Thomas Henry Lillycrop in 1926.
Exterior
House and shop, painted stucco with slate close-eaved roof. Three storeys, two-window range with two 4-pane second floor sashes, central large first floor oriel and ground floor shopfront with square-headed house door to right. Oriel halfhipped slate roof, moulded timber cornice with small brackets, and 4-12-4-pane hornless sashes, the top panes arch-headed. Diagonal boarding to apron.
Shop-front is broad with outer piers under big scrolled brackets with pediments over, framing fascia with green tile ground to brown tile letters 'Fishmonger Lillycrop Poulterer'. Piers have panelled lower halves and square paterae under brackets. Plate-glass shop-windows with mid transom, one each side to front, and one canted in each side of recessed half-glazed double doors with overlight. Mosaic tiles in recess. Shop windows have pierced ventilation grille over, and centre recess has shallow arch across. Panelled soffit within. Plinth to shop-windows is clad in green glazed tiles with brown-tile skirting. House door has overlight. Plaque above 'Frogmore House 1856'.
Interior
White marble slabs in shop windows. Good staircase.
Reason for designation
Included as three-storeyed stuccoed house with well-designed oriel and shopfront.
Nearby in the register
- SouthseaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Arch HouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- No 1 Alpha CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Premises occupied by Ye Olde Gifte ShoppeCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.