Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Coastguard House
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 26 April 1977.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 April 1977
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67248, -4.69424
- Cadw reference
- 6112
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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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the E side of Castle Hill some 35m E of the Prince Consort Memorial.
History
Earlier C19 house, formerly the coastguard station. In 1818 tenders were advertised for a watch-tower and boat-house for HM Customs on Castle Hill. The coastguard station is listed as being on Castle Hill in C19 directories from at least 1844 and is shown on the present site on the 1849 map. Coxswain Parrott of the Tenby lifeboat is said to have lived here in the 1860s. Renewed in late C20 with new horned sash windows.
Exterior
House, white-painted stucco with hipped slate close-eaved roof. E seaward elevation has a 2-storey canted bay window of 8-8-8 panes, with a doorway to right of it. S side has entry at first floor due to sloping site, centre lean-to stuccoed porch approached by ramp from left. Porch has small 4-pane window in E return and boarded door below. 16-pane sash each side of porch, and 8-pane sash to ground floor right. N side has 2 16-pane sash windows to first floor right over paired 8-8-pane sash and small 4-pane window, the paired sash not aligned. Rear W end has one ground floor window.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as an earlier C19 small house in late Georgian style, very prominently sited on Castle Hill and for historical interest as former Coastguard House.
Nearby in the register
- Five cannons around the Old Coastguard HouseDefenceunder 1 mi
- Tenby Castle remainsInstitutionalunder 1 mi
- Tenby CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- The Prince Consort MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.