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No 8 Bellevue (Hafod y Mor)

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6724 / 51°40'20"N

Longitude: -4.6997 / 4°41'58"W

OS Eastings: 213423

OS Northings: 200520

OS Grid: SN134005

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7QBC

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.H7B8

Plus Code: 9C3QM8C2+X4

Entry Name: No 8 Bellevue (Hafod y Mor)

Listing Date: 19 March 1951

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6128

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: Hafod y Mor

ID on this website: 300006128

Location: On the NE side of Crackwell Street some 15m W of the junction with Crackwell Lane.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Tenby

Community: Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Community: Tenby

Built-Up Area: Tenby

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Large late C18 house subdivided and raised in height c 1840s to form pair with No 9. In 1977 No 8 was called Valetta. The rear elevation of the two houses seem to be shown in views by Charles Norris of 1812 and 1817 but all the front detail in stucco is more typically mid C19. The Conservative Club acquired No 8 Bellevue in 1903 and No 9 in 1904, alterations by H T Morley, but by 1926 the club premises were in the High Street.

Exterior

Terraced house, a pair with No 9. Stuccoed with slate double roof and end wall stacks. The two houses together form a large 3-storey, 3-bay pair with heavy cornice and parapet. Twelve pane sash windows to lower 2 floors, 9-pane to upper two. Stuccoed architraves to upper windows, plain to third floor, plain with cornices and pediment to centre window to second floor, shouldered architraves to first floor with cornices. Thick double band over ground floor at height of entablature over paired doorways in centre. Doorcase has 3 pilasters, frieze and moulded cornice. Panelled reveals and 2-panel doors with overlights. Sash windows each side have no surrounds. Area railings with spear-headed finials and standards at intervals. Four-storey, 3-window rear with blind panels under parapet, 20-pane windows to first and third floors, 16-pane to 2nd and ground floor 2 large altered openings..

Reasons for Listing

Included as one of a pair of substantial stucco houses with good detail.

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