Cellar under roadway, reached from Jasperley House., Tenby, Pembrokeshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.672 / 51°40'19"N

Longitude: -4.7 / 4°41'59"W

OS Eastings: 213401

OS Northings: 200482

OS Grid: SN134004

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7Q89

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.H75K

Plus Code: 9C3QM8C2+R2

Entry Name: Cellar under roadway, reached from Jasperley House.

Listing Date: 19 March 1951

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6174

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300006174

Location: Situated under the High Street on a line from Jasperley House to Barclays Bank.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Tenby

Community: Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Community: Tenby

Built-Up Area: Tenby

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

Tagged with: Architectural structure

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History

Cellar thought to stand on the site of the house of Thomas White, a mayor of Tenby in the C15 who lies buried in the Church. Access from hatch in floor of Boots premises to tunnel running SW.

Interior

Cellar with walls of rubble and arched roof, of dressed stone or possibly of brick, accessible by a tunnel leading from the cellar of Jasperley House. Arch of dressed stone with keystone at entrance to passage in Jasperley House cellar, tunnel some 13.7m long, 1.8m high and 1.06m wide running SW to vaulted chamber some 2.43m high.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a vaulted cellar of possible medieval origin.

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Cellar under roadway, reached from Jasperley House.

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire