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The Lantern

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6721 / 51°40'19"N

Longitude: -4.6995 / 4°41'58"W

OS Eastings: 213431

OS Northings: 200491

OS Grid: SN134004

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7QCK

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.H7DH

Plus Code: 9C3QM8C2+V5

Entry Name: The Lantern

Listing Date: 26 April 1977

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6133

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300006133

Location: On the SW side of Crackwell Street near 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

Early C19 facade to a possibly late medieval structure with thick stone walls, fireplaces. Old photographs in Tenby Museum show The Lantern with a gable on front wall.

Exterior

House, white-painted stucco with gabled roof set back behind roof terrace and parapet. Three storeys, single window range with a 2-storey timber canted oriel window with 4-12-4-pane glazing and moulded cornice to first floor (missing to upper floor) glazing bars and horns. Moulded string course at level of base of oriel. Ground floor has an attractive mid C20 neo-Georgian front of 3 bays, the centre a big 25-pane bowed window, flanked by arched-headed window and glazed door both with radiating glazing bars to heads, and both set in square-headed recesses style. Right corner is chamfered. Right side said to have a stone arch of massive build in passage between this house and Anchorage.

Interior

Said to have evidence of medieval origins, ground floor has 2 blocked full-height doorways on W wall, exposed in building work 2001.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a stuccoed town-house of group value with the houses either side, and for possible early origins.

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  • II Periwinkle Cottage
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  • II No 3 Lancaster Buildings
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  • II No 2 Lancaster Buildings
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  • II Bellevue Court
    At the NE end of Crackwell Lane facing SW to the High Street.
  • II Jasperley House
    On the NE side of the High Street facing the churchyard of the Church of Saint Mary in Liberty.
  • II Gateway to Brother Thomas' Garden and wall to left
    Set in a wall on the NE side of Crackwell Street some 35m E of the junction with Crackwell Lane.

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