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The Five Arches Bookshop

A Grade II Listed Building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6712 / 51°40'16"N

Longitude: -4.6999 / 4°41'59"W

OS Eastings: 213400

OS Northings: 200391

OS Grid: SN134003

Mapcode National: GBR GF.7Q8L

Mapcode Global: VH2PS.H865

Plus Code: 9C3QM8C2+F2

Entry Name: The Five Arches Bookshop

Listing Date: 26 April 1977

Last Amended: 28 March 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6233

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300006233

Location: Situated on the S side of St George's Street near the junction with Lower Frog Street.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Tenby

Community: Tenby (Dinbych-y-pysgod)

Community: Tenby

Built-Up Area: Tenby

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Mid C19 terraced house and shop, the third in a roughly similar row of four three-storey 2-bay houses, including the premises occupied in 2001 by Fecci's Ice Cream Parlour, The Picnic Basket and Tenby Rock and Fudge. This one differs in being of only one bay, set to right. In 1977 occupied by E Handicott & Sons.

Exterior

House and shop, painted stucco street elevation of 3 storeys, 1 bay, set to right. Close eaves to slate roof, 12-pane hornless sash window to right on both 2nd and 1st floors. Shop front on ground floor with pilaster and curved-topped bracket to left of timber fascia board. Single pane plate glass window canting in each side of central doorway with half-glazed panelled double doors and overlight.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a terraced house and shop with late Georgian style small-paned sashes.

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