Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
4 Church Street
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 26 April 1977
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67138, -4.69902
- Cadw reference
- 6121
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
On the E side of Church Street facing W to St George's Street.
History
Earlier C19 house, nearly detached, now shop premises occupied in 2001 by Underground Surf and Skate. Occupied by The Coffee Tavern in 1977.
Exterior
House now shop, white-painted stucco with slate close eaved roof and rendered end stacks. Very long left stack (with 7 chimney pots) and small rendered right stack. Three storeys, 2-window range of sashes. Upper floor has square 6-pane sashes under eaves with small boarded (previously slate-hung) gables over. 12-pane hornless sash windows to first floor, and late C20 neo-Regency shop front on ground floor with 16-pane shop-window between 2 doors with 3-pane overlights. Panelled pilasters with roundels above in fascia. Blocked basement chute in centre. South side wall is slate-hung.
Interior
Pine joists. Slate stairs along S wall down to cellar. Upper flight of original earlier C19 stairs survives, stick balusters and simple chamfered newel.
Reason for designation
Included as late Georgian smaller town house in central location.
Nearby in the register
- Premises occupied by Tenby Rock and FudgeCommercialunder 1 mi
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Tudor HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1-2 Church StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.