Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
23 Thomas Street
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 July 1981
- Locality
- Orange Town, Pembroke
- Town
- Pembroke
- Community
- Pembroke
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67319, -4.91661
- Cadw reference
- 6459
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
On the E side of Thomas Street some 35m N of its junction with South Road.
History
Mid to later C19 single storey cottage, part of the Orange Town development laid out on land called Lion Fields bought by Isaac Williamson of Greenhill, Pwllcrochan in 1861 to build 'comfortable cottages for respectable mechanics'. Five parallel streets: on the c. 1865 town map Mansel Street has houses only on E side, Williamson Street has scattered houses, Thomas Street is built up on both sides. West Street and Paynter Street are not laid out. Similar houses were built at Kingsbridge Cottages, Holyland Road, and are to be found in the High Street and Military Road areas of Pembroke Dock. Thomas Street may be named for William Thomas of Orange Hall, Monkton, one of the aldermen of the town.
Exterior
One of a row of single-storey houses facing a similar row opposite. Painted stuccoed three bay front lined as ashlar, with asbestos slate close-eaved roof with rendered stone stack to left. Stopped quadrant moulded surrounds to cambered-headed centre door and flanking 4-pane renewed sashes with slate sills. Four panelled door, the panels raised and fielded in moulded borders, with frosted glass overlight.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for special interest as one of the best examples of a single-storey house in the Orange Town development.
Nearby in the register
- 9 Paynter StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 Williamson StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 Williamson StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 17 Mansel StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.