Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Stables and Cartshed at Hescwm Mill/Felin Hescwm
Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 March 1994
- Community
- Dinas Cross
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.00863, -4.91867
- Cadw reference
- 14537
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 some 150m back from sea at Aber Bach or Aber Hesgwm, reached by narrow lane for Bwlchmawr. This building lies north of the mill, alongside the drive.
History
C19 lofted stable and cart-shed, possibly contemporary with the 1859 improvements to the water-powered corn mill. Converted to domestic use.
Exterior
Local rubble stone with long coursing blocks of Cilgarran stone, and renewed roof slate. Two-storey three-window front with three square loft windows above, ground floor window and door to left and cart entry to right. Cart-entry has broad segmental arch, and other two have cambered heads, all with bicolour stone voussoirs, grey Cilgarren stone alternated with pale local stone, simple arch-rings and cart entry has keystone. Left window may replace a door. C20 glazing and door, the cart-entry with 4-light window. Right end wall has stone outside steps to loft door, now window, with brick head. Left end has small lean-to.
Roof has stapled C19 collar-trusses.
Reason for designation
Included for group value as part of the C19 group associated with the Grade II* Hescwm Mill.
Nearby in the register
- Hescwm Mill HouseIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pigsty at Hescwm Mill/Felin HescwmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hescwm Mill/Felin HescwmIndustrialunder 1 mi
- GreystonesCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.