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The Buccaneer Inn

Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 26 April 1977.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of The Buccaneer Inn, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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
51.67133, -4.69786
Cadw reference
6252

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

On the N side and W end of St Julian's Street opposite Cob Lane.

History

Early to mid C19 premises, much restored since 1977. The Tudor Temperance Hotel and Coffee Tavern in 1881, the Tudor Restaurant in 1961.

Exterior

Public house with accommodation over. Painted stucco with imitation slate C20 mansard roof behind parapet and 2 red brick right end stacks. Three storeys and attic, 3-window range of late C20 hornless 12-pane sash windows. Right hand first floor canted oriel window with 4-16-4-pane glazing and cornice, replaced in late C20. Ground floor altered in neo-Georgian style since 1977. Recess across left and centre, framing from left to right hand: C20 door with overlight, canted bay window with 4-20-4-pane glazing, and narrow 8-pane sash window. To right of centre, recessed main door with overlight between piers with moulded caps added since 1977. To right, another recess with 2x12-pane sash windows. Moulded string course added since 1977 over ground floor, broken forward over door. Three C20 dormers behind parapet.
Rear is rendered, mostly restored in late C20, hipped roof to left possibly originally a rear wing, infilled to right. C20 windows and metal outside stairs. Two red brick stacks on left side wall.

Reason for designation

Early-to-mid C19 building with a prominent stucco facade in one of the principal streets of the town centre.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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