Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Five Arches Bookshop
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
- 51.67122, -4.69994
- Cadw reference
- 6233
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 on the S side of St George's Street near the junction with Lower Frog Street.
History
Mid C19 terraced house and shop, the third in a roughly similar row of four three-storey 2-bay houses, including the premises occupied in 2001 by Fecci's Ice Cream Parlour, The Picnic Basket and Tenby Rock and Fudge. This one differs in being of only one bay, set to right. In 1977 occupied by E Handicott & Sons.
Exterior
House and shop, painted stucco street elevation of 3 storeys, 1 bay, set to right. Close eaves to slate roof, 12-pane hornless sash window to right on both 2nd and 1st floors. Shop front on ground floor with pilaster and curved-topped bracket to left of timber fascia board. Single pane plate glass window canting in each side of central doorway with half-glazed panelled double doors and overlight.
Reason for designation
Included as a terraced house and shop with late Georgian style small-paned sashes.
Nearby in the register
- Premises occupied by Tenby Rock and FudgeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Premises occupied by The Picnic BasketCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Five Arches Public HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Manchester HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.