Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Guard House
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 January 1974
- Locality
- The Dockyard
- Community
- Pembroke Dock
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.69432, -4.95260
- Cadw reference
- 6436
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 W side of main avenue, just N of former Captain Superintendent's Office.
Exterior
Circa 1840-5 guard house. Rock faced grey limestone with slate hipped eaves roof, and apex stone stack. Two-storey three-window main front with deep single-storey portico, and set-back two-storey one-window wings. Walling is varied with large stones below and small stones to first floor, grey ashlar dressings, including plinth, rusticated quoins to main block, and rusticated surrounds to openings. Three 12-pane sashes above, two arch-headed windows below flanking centre arched doorway with panelled door and radiating bar fanlight. Ground floor is set within deep colonnaded verandah, of four thin Roman Doric stone columns carrying plain two-step cornice and flat roof. Structural ironwork visible on roof underside. End walls of main block have window each floor, and set-back wings have similar 12-pane sash to first floor, band and door with overlight. No angle quoins.
Reason for designation
Grade II* for exceptional design, close to other important late Georgian buildings in Dockyard.
Group value with other listed buildings in Pembroke Dockyard.
Nearby in the register
- Former Captain Superintendent's OfficeCommercialunder 1 mi
- Hangar and AnnexesDefenceunder 1 mi
- Sunderland HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old StorehouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.