The Customs House is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 August 1975. Church.

The Customs House

WRENN ID
long-transept-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pembrokeshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 August 1975
Type
Church
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Circa l794 Customs House, now Milford Haven Museum. Red rubble stone, originally stuccoed or roughcast, with asbestos sheet roofing. Three-storey three-window centrepiece with pedimental gable, said to have been the original building, and two-storey six-window wings, which may be original or were added before l812. Centre has lunette in gable but has lost all trace of mouldings to pediment, the first and second floors openings are vertically linked in sunk panels and ground floor has arched openings. Rough stone voussoirs, C20 casement windows, and doors to ground and first floor centre.

Wings have hipped end gables, similar casement windows, but those on first floor left have had the lintels raised. Ground floor openings have blank arched heads over casement windows or doors, WDW WDW to left wing, WWW WD and blank opening to right, the second window with fanlight and the door damaging original arch-head. First floor has loading door in fourth bay and blank window in sixth. E end C20 brick lean-to. Large C20 flat-roofed rear addition.

Arcaded axial spine walls to ground floor and arched recesses on rear wall. Big transverse arch across first floor of E wing and arches between centre and wings.

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