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Broad Haven House

A Grade II Listed Building in Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7823 / 51°46'56"N

Longitude: -5.1018 / 5°6'6"W

OS Eastings: 186140

OS Northings: 213841

OS Grid: SM861138

Mapcode National: GBR CD.YWQQ

Mapcode Global: VH1RJ.JG7K

Plus Code: 9C3PQVJX+W7

Entry Name: Broad Haven House

Listing Date: 25 November 1988

Last Amended: 26 November 1997

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 13050

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300013050

Location: Situated in Broad Haven village facing the beach, at the N end and on the E side of the sea front road, the B4341.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Haverfordwest

Community: The Havens (Yr Hafanau)

Community: The Havens

Locality: Broad Haven

Built-Up Area: Broad Haven

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Mid C19 pair of substantial houses, probably built around 1860 for the Goldwyer family of Bristol, owners of the Walton West estate. Building plots were advertised for sale in 1857, to plans by W.H. Lindsey of Haverfordwest, but when the estate was sold in 1865 Hans Price of Weston-super-Mare was the architect named for plans for building plots. In 1897 Broad Haven House was advertised for sale described as suitable for conversion to a high-class hotel, with two entrance halls, dining-rooms, drawing-rooms, smoking-rooms, two large kitchens etc, cellars, stabling for 6 horses.

Exterior

Pair of large sea-front houses. Painted stucco with concealed hipped slate roofs and cut stone stacks. Basement and 2 storeys, square plan with side entries. 4-window front. Vermiculated plinth, four broad pilasters, moulded cornice and blocking course. Hipped front roof with large cut sandstone central stack, parallel rear roofs with small end stacks. Front has 4 plate glass sashes to first floor in stucco surrounds with segmental curved heads. Ground floor has two broad tripartite plate glass sashes and two outer plain plate glass sashes, all in moulded architraves with cornices on console brackets.

Side walls have three-window range, one-window to seaward end, two-window with door to landward. 3 similar first floor sashes, 2 ground floor similar sashes in corniced architraves, and door with overlight in ornately moulded architrave with cornice on consoles.

2 rear wings, slightly lower with similar cornice and end stone stacks. One-window range with plain surrounds.

House is set on a rubble stone terrace with pointed stone-voussoir openings and renewed steps up.

Reasons for Listing

An unusual pair of substantial seaside villas in the Italianate style, illustrating the aspirations of the founders of the resort.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Haven Fort Hotel
    Situated on Settlands Hill, to the E of the road between Broad Haven and Little Haven.
  • II Walton West Farmhouse
    Situated some 60m NE of the cross roads in Walton West, on the NW side of the road running to Broadway.
  • II Manor House
    Situated in Grove Place, some 120m SE of the beach in Little Haven.
  • II Church of All Saints
    Situated some 300m E of the cross roads in Walton West, on the N side of the road running E from Little Haven.

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