Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Premises occupied by The Picnic Basket
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
- 51.67120, -4.69987
- Cadw reference
- 26437
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 in terraced row opposite Five Arches public house
History
Mid C19 terraced house and shop, one of a row of four three-storey, 2-bay houses of similar though not identical detail including the premises occupied by Fecci's Ice Cream Parlour, the Five Arches Bookshop and Tenby Rock and Fudge. Occupied in 1977 by WGO Canton, and in 2001 by The Picnic Basket sandwich bar.
Exterior
House and shop, painted stucco with close-eaved slate roof. Three storeys, 2 bays, with 2 12-pane sashes to second floor, large centre first floor later C19 canted oriel window of 2-2-2-pane sashes with moulded cornice, and ground floor C20 painted timber shopfront with fluted pier each side, fascia and 3-pane shop window to left of recessed door.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a row of similar mid C19 terraced houses over shops with Georgian-style small-paned sash windows.
Nearby in the register
- The Five Arches BookshopCommercialunder 1 mi
- Premises occupied by Tenby Rock and FudgeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Manchester HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Tenby Town WallTown Wallunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.