Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard walls and gates to Saint Martin's Church
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 1 July 1974
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Haverfordwest
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.80246, -4.97255
- Cadw reference
- 12042
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated enclosing churchyard of St Martin's Church: to Church St, Chapel Lane, Queen's Square and to garden of No 2 Chapel Lane.
History
Churchyard wall of uncertain date, a retaining wall to the high churchyard whose ground level is well above ground level of the surrounding area. The recessed gatepiers and gates are earlier C19. Gatepiers are shown on 1888 OS map.
Exterior
Churchyard retaining wall of stone rubble with stone capping. High on S, N, and W sides, low on E to Queen's Square where it has been recently renewed. Recessed entrance on S side flanked by gate piers cut grey limestone. Rebated for double iron gates with spearheads to dog bars and scrolled top. Plinth in section of wall to W of entrance.
Reason for designation
Included for their special interest as a key part of the setting of St Martin's Church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Saint Martin of ToursReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Wall enclosing garden behind No. 4 on W sideDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cromwell House, Nos. 1 and 3 City RoadCommercialunder 1 mi
- Forecourt dwarf wall and railings to Tabernacle Church and to Tabernacle Church SchoolReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.