Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Somerset House
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, designated on 1 July 1974.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 July 1974
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Haverfordwest
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80166, -4.97199
- Cadw reference
- 87052
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated the second house in terraced row 7-14 Dark Street.
History
Terraced house with late Georgian style front, probably early to mid C19 and of one build with No 7, though not uniform floor levels. Since 1974 the moulded wood eaves cornice and mask heads to guttering have gone.
Exterior
Terraced house, unpainted roughcast with close eaved slate roof and brick left end stack. Three storeys, double-fronted with centre door, two 9-pane hornless sash windows to top floor, 12-pane hornless sash to first floor left, larger horned 4-pane sash to first floor right 12-pane sashes to ground floor left and right. Central doorcase with pilasters, frieze and moulded cornice . Flush-panelled reveals to 6-panel door with upper four panels glazed. Plain overlight.
Rendered gabled rear wing with 9-pane first floor window in gable end. Rear of main range, to left, has 9-pane upper window.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a tall late Georgian terraced house with original doorcase.
Nearby in the register
- Summerville HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nos 9 & 10 Dark StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 11 Dark StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Tower HillDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.