Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
83&85 Main Street
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, designated on 29 July 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 29 July 2005
- Town
- Pembroke
- Community
- Pembroke
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67488, -4.91367
- Cadw reference
- 84962
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 street line in the S section where the street widens and divides around Hamilton House
History
Pair of early C19 smaller town houses to the left of the distinctive Pembroke Market Emporium (former National School of 1861).
Exterior
Three-storey two-window pair of simple late Georgian houses with painted stucco fronts and continuous slate roof divided by central capping. Chimneys removed except where a brick stack adjoins the higher gable of No 87 to left. Eaves band to No 83 which has 4-pane sashes in plain reveals and projecting sills. Offset to left is a fine, inserted double shop front with fascia and cornice curved up and over the arched and splayed central doorway; panelled end pilasters with paterae to caps, flush panel door. Interior of shop has cast-iron columns with foliage capitals, boarded shop window to right.
No 85 has billet detail to eaves band, 2-pane sashes in plain reveals with projecting sills; small-pane Georgian style sashes flank 9-panel centre door under plain fanlight.
Reason for designation
Included mostly for group value with other listed buildings along the S side of Main Street, and for the fine C19 shop front at No 83.
Nearby in the register
- Pembroke Market Emporium (Former National School)Educationunder 1 mi
- Elm Tree HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box outside garden wall of Hamilton House (01646 682198)Communicationsunder 1 mi
- Nos 89/91 Main StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.