Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Wall of walled garden to S. of Cloister Hall
St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St. David's and the Cathedral Close, Pembrokeshire, designated on 26 August 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 August 1981
- Community
- St. David's and the Cathedral Close
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.88239, -5.26814
- Cadw reference
- 12557
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 209 St David's (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to S of Cloister Hall, the S wall backing onto the N side of the cathedral precinct, the W wall onto the garden behind the Cathedral Hall and the E wall onto the footpath running N from the precinct.
History
Probably (mostly) early C19 but possibly incorporating on the E, W and S sides part of the precinct wall of St Mary's College of which the undercroft survives behind the N wall and under Cloister Hall.
Exterior
Rubble stone garden wall, partly incorporating on N side basement wall of Cloister Hall and, to left, end wall of C14 undercroft behind Cloister Hall. E side, to footpath, has door at right end. S side is embanked against outer side, facing cathedral. Square headed blocked opening at W end. W wall has low 6m length to SW corner then high 4m length, the front wall of a square tower presumably built over undercroft with access from raised garden of Cloister Hall, then lower 2+m section to NW angle. On N side, left end has low segmental arch into undercroft and then continues to basement of Cloister Hall with door into parallel undercroft.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Cloister HallReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- St Davids Cathedral Close: Cloister Hall (Undercroft only)Undercroftunder 1 mi
- Undercrofts of former St Mary's College, beneath & to the rear of The Cloister HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- St David's Cathedral Hall (formerly Chapel of St Mary's College) & attached Cloister RuinsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.