Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Five cannons around the Old Coastguard House
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Defence
- Date of designation
- 19 March 1951
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67247, -4.69403
- Cadw reference
- 6113
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 around the Old Coastguard House on Castle Hill.
History
Five C17 cast-iron cannons of uncertain provenance said to have been part of the defences of the town. Remounted in mid C20: a plaque on the S wall of the central round watchtower of the castle reads: "These ancient cannon which were used in the defence of Tenby were restored and mounted by members of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the School of Artillery Manorbier.". Two cannon are shown in the earlier C19 Norris view of the castle tower. Edward Laws in 1896 wrote that one of the cannon had come from the Gunfort and been a bollard in Tor Lane before being moved in 1883 to Castle Hill.
Exterior
Five cannon disposed four at diagonal angles of the Old Coastguard House and one in front to E. Identified on plaques as 3 C17 culverins and 2 C17 sakers ( those at NE and SE).
Reason for designation
Included as part of the setting of the Old Coastguard House and as prominent features of Castle Hill
Nearby in the register
- The Old Coastguard HouseDomesticunder 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.