Ivy Tower Mansion is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. Mansion.

Ivy Tower Mansion

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Constituency
Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1970
Type
Mansion
Address
Ivy Tower Mansion, Tenby, St. Florence
OS grid reference
SN 089 023
Coordinates
51.68689, -4.76484
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ivy Tower Mansion is a 19th-century building that stands two storeys tall with five windows on its northern facade. The side elevations feature three windows each. The structure is made of rendered and painted rubble masonry set on an ashlar plinth, topped with a low-pitch slated hipped roof that is concealed behind a cornice and parapet. The upper storey features twelve-pane windows with hornless sashes, while the ground floor has French windows in the main section. A prominent entrance porch at the centre is supported by two pairs of Tuscan columns and pilasters at the back, although the original doors have been lost.

Currently, Ivy Tower Mansion serves as the headquarters for Manor House Wildlife and Leisure Park. A new wing containing offices and toilets has been added to the west side of the building.

Inside, the central hall features an archway leading to the stairs at the rear. The staircase includes a half-landing and a swept handrail that coils at the bottom. A round-headed sash window with interlaced glazing bars illuminates the landing. To the left, the former dining room and gun room, as described in 1922, have been combined into a single room. To the right, the former library and dining room have also been merged into one room. The rear reception room on the right, which was once the dining room, boasts a simple marble fireplace and an ornamental plaster ceiling surround.

Local climate

Ivy Tower Mansion sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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