Wheelhouse

Cadw's description

Location

Situated on the S side of Bridge Street some 25m E of Quay Hill.

History

Earlier C19 three-storey terraced house, of which No 4 may have been a service range, but No 4 incorporates part of a medieval house. No 3 apparently rebuilt after 1834 view of Bridge St by Charles Norris.

Exterior

Terraced house, unpainted roughcast with slate close-eaved roof and short red brick left end stack. Plain three-storey double-fronted N facade with horned C20 plate glass sashes throughout, painted slate sills, and centre door. Two windows each floor, the upper ones half-length. Blank centre opening between upper windows. C20 half-glazed door to centre, boarded door to extreme right. In 1977 the main windows were sashes with glazing bars. Rear has narrow whitewashed external passage against bank behind with rear wing carried over on brick half-vault.

Interior

Not available for inspection but said to have narrow interior with centre stair rising from rear. Interior modernised. 1977 list mentions ground floor E room with small iron grate with round-arched opening, and 6-panel doors.

Reason for designation

Included as a late Georgian style house in one of the oldest streets of Tenby.