Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No 2 Olive Buildings, including railings
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 19 March 1951.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 March 1951
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67101, -4.69936
- Cadw reference
- 6276
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
On the W side of St Mary's Street some 40m S of the junction with St George's Street.
History
One of a row of 3 3-storey houses of early to mid C19 date. The open pedimented doorcases are similar to the one on Vine Cottage, St Mary's Street. A building shown on this site on map of Tenby of 1849.
Exterior
Terraced house, centre one of a row of three 3-storey houses. Roughcast unpainted front of 3 bays with nogged brick eaves. Square 9-pane sashes to top floor, 12-pane to other two floors, larger on ground floor. Thin slate sills. Flight of 5 slate steps flanked by railings to central arched doorway in open-pedimented doorcase with thin columns and entablature blocks over. Panelled reveals matching 6-panel door and plain fanlight. Fleur-de-lys finials to railings to steps and front area. Basement approached by steps down from left.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a uniform terrace of three late Georgian houses with good surviving detail.
Nearby in the register
- No 1 Olive BuildingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 3 Olive Buildings (The Blue Dolphin Hotel), including railingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- ShipwrightsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Puffin CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.