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The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

The village is blessed with fine country houses as well as more modest cottages, built from locally quarried stone that has mellowed to the colour of honey on butter.

The demolition of the Butter Market provided a site for the granite war memorial.

It was a busy port, and its ancient market goes back to Edward the Confessor - it was celebrated for its Butter Market.

The market place is the focal point of the town; the 17th-century Butter Cross offered shelter to the women selling dairy produce.

The early 16th-century Butter Cross, with its 13 stone piers, was originally built as a shrine; the cupola and clock turret were added in 1683.

The Market Cross, which once had two lamps attached to its worn pillar and stone base, was repaired in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Among its attractions are many fine country houses and cottages built from locally quarried stone that has mellowed to the colour of honey on butter.

S R Lovatt, on the right, had originally specialised in cheese and in other provisions such as bacon and butter, but as its window display indicates it sold general groceries as well.

S R Lovatt, on the right, had originally specialised in cheese and in other provisions such as bacon and butter, but as its window display indicates it sold general groceries as well.

This whole beautiful stretch of the North Pembrokeshire coast is studded with small settlements like Abereiddy, where low, single-storied stone cottages squat in sheltered coves and on the exposed clifftops

Princes Street fares somewhat better, although the creeper-clad Georgian house beyond the shop on the right was rebuilt in 1950s Neo-Georgian.

The house on the right appears derelict, and the stone stairs have seen better days.

It was built from the more resistant lower chalk or clunch stone, which is better known for its contribution to the cement industry.

The houses are built of local stone.

Here, in Arguments Yard, the house on the right is derelict, the stone stairs have seen better days and the outside toilet looks ready to collapse.

Here, in Arguments Yard, the house on the right is derelict, the stone stairs have seen better days and the outside toilet looks ready to collapse.

Dating from the 13th century, the castle is not just a monument in stone.

The earliest remains in stone are a hall and a small tower, both of which date from the 12th century.

The foundation stone was laid by Lord Edward Cavendish, the Duke's son, in 1884.

More modern infill is much better, and mostly in the more appropriate stone.

The earliest remains in stone are a hall and a small tower, both of which date from the 12th century.