Former house of the artist Charles Norris is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 March 1951. House.

Former house of the artist Charles Norris

WRENN ID
rooted-ashlar-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 March 1951
Type
House
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a former house, now converted into flats, comprising two distinct ranges built parallel to each other. It dates to the 18th century, with earlier medieval fabric incorporated into the Quay Hill elevation. The building has a slate roof with two brick chimney stacks at the west end.

The south front, facing Bridge Street, is constructed of painted rough rubble stone, with the eaves accentuated by a band of brickwork. The roof line is close-eaved. It is two storeys high with a three-window arrangement. The first floor has a nine-pane sash window to the left, a pair of four-pane sash windows in the centre, and a twelve-pane sash window to the right. The ground floor features twelve-pane sash windows on either side, with remnants of cornices above, suggesting a previous stuccoed facade. A pair of doors are centrally placed within a raised stucco surround, featuring a cambered arch, keystone, and angle blocks. Modern doors with overlights are now in place. Basement windows are visible, with brick splayed walling, a small-paned sash to the left, and an obscured window to the right.

The left end wall, facing Quay Hill, is double-gabled and rendered, retaining medieval detail on the left gable. The harbour front end-wall incorporates a blocked pointed stone doorway on the ground floor, with thin stones forming the jambs and voussoirs. Above the door, on the first floor, is another blocked door with an arched head composed of eight eroded sandstone blocks, two forming the base, two the jambs, two the imposts, and two the arch. The right gable of the Bridge Street range has a boarded ground floor window, a casement and top-light window above, and a narrow two-pane sash in the gable. Historic records from 1977 mention a late medieval two-light window next to the first-floor blocked door, which was already covered at that time, though this may be inaccurate.

The north front, facing the harbour, is three storeys high with a four-window arrangement and painted roughcast rendering. It incorporates a parapet. Four twelve-pane sash windows are present on the second floor. The first floor has twelve-pane sashes in the outer windows and two glazed doors in the centre, leading onto a full-width 20th-century balcony projecting over three ground floor projections. A central porch on the ground floor has an arch-headed doorway, and utility stores with boarded doors are situated on the inner walls, with original twelve-pane sashes flanking the porch. All windows are replacements from the 20th century.

According to records, a first-floor room within the north range has a decorative plaster ceiling divided into four compartments, each with an oval design. The south range is reported to contain ground-floor rooms with 17th-century plastered ceiling decoration. The Tenby Museum holds photographs of a plaster ceiling and a cellar arch.

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