Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Harbour Master's Office
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
- Maritime
- Date of designation
- 26 April 1977
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67216, -4.69661
- Cadw reference
- 6221
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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 at the top of Pier Hill on the W side of Castle Square.
History
C19 small harbour building, presently the harbourmasters office. Possibly rebuilt in 1874, in 1861 there was a weighhouse on the site when the existing barometer in a Bath stone case was set up, but in 1874 plans for a new harbourmaster's office to cost £90 are mentioned, suggesting that it was then rebuilt. Restored in late C20.
Exterior
Harbourmaster's office, painted stucco and slate hipped roof, the gutters carried on small rectangular corbels. Small single-storey building with raised plinth, 3 arched windows to E side, S end arched doorway set to left with single step up and small arched niche to right. W side has shallow canted bay window. Against N end wall is a barometer in a gabled ashlar case inscribed 'Presented by Charles Allen Esq 1861'. All windows and door renewed in late C20.
Reason for designation
Included as a small harbour building of historical interest and of group value with surrounding listed items.
Nearby in the register
- Former Fishermen's RoomsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Retaining wall and parapet to raised roadway before Nos 1, 2 & 3Domesticunder 1 mi
- No 5 St Julian TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 4 St Julian TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.