North Beach View

Cadw's description

Location

Second terrace facing the sea on the W side of The Croft N of the Fourcroft Hotel.

History

Terraced house, c1863-4, matching No 6 built in 1839. The terrace of 11 houses on The Croft was begun in the 1830s, on land leased by Jacob Richards of Croft House, The Norton, from the Corporation. Four houses were advertised for completion in 1833, by W Jones of Tenby. Nos 5 and 6 were built in 1839, in 1863 a sea-wall was about to be built in front of sites of 3 planned new houses, presumably Nos 7-9, 2 were nearly complete in 1864 and the site of the third was advertised for sale by William Rees, joiner. No 10 was advertised as new built in 1869. Nos 6-9 are a matching terrace of four. No 7 was the North Beach Hotel in 1977, now North Beach View.

Exterior

Terraced house, second house of a matching row of 4, Nos 6-9. Each house has painted stucco street elevation of basement, 3 storeys and C20 attic. Ground floors channelled. Steps up to doors in round-headed recesses with fluted pilasters and moulded capitals continued into the reveals as impost bands. Continuous iron-railed balconies with anthemion pattern on 1st floor, on cast iron brackets. Door and window on ground floor not aligned. Iron area railings with steps down to basement with window and door beneath bridge to front door. Area railings have uprights with stud-headed finials. Railings of attractive wrought-iron scroll pattern flank steps to doorways. Large sash windows, originally 16-pane to 2nd floor and full-length 24-pane to balcony, 16-pane to ground floor, many altered but being renewed to original pattern.
No 7 (North Beach View) has 16-pane hornless sash windows on 2nd floor, later C19 windows with horizontal glazing bars (similar to those on the Croft and Fourcroft Hotels) on the 1st and ground floors. Four renewed slate steps up to doorway; 4-panelled door with radiating-bar fanlight.
Right hand gated opening to concrete steps down to basement with aligned C20 French windows and door beneath arched bridge.

Reason for designation

Included as part of a fine terrace with continuous iron balcony, prominent on sea-front.