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Gazebo in walled garden at Manorowen
Scleddau, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 February 1995
- Locality
- Scleddau
- Community
- Scleddau
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.98754, -5.00932
- Cadw reference
- 15200
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 on E side of A 487 opposite entrance drive to Manorowen
History
Later C18 summerhouse built as a gazebo to allow views to Fishguard Bay from the rock outcrop at the NW angle of the walled garden. Marked on 1797 Propert map of French invasion, and said to have been mistaken by French troops for a fort. Manorowen is recorded by Fenton as having belonged to his ancestor John Lewis in later C17, later owned by Bowen family until sold 1839 to Dr Moses Griffith, d 1883.
Exterior
Later C18 summerhouse on rocky outcrop approached by some 24 rough slate steps to S with rubble stone wall to left. Roughcast rubble stone with brick dressings and pyramid graded slate roof. Nogged brick eaves cornice and E side brick stack. Square plan, single-storey with cambered-arched door to S, window to E and W (8-pane glazing survives in E window) and broader elliptical arched window to N. Red brick heads. S front has gable over door with brick roundel opening into roof space.
Interior
Plastered walls and ceiling, fireplace on E side, recess on N wall to right of window. Timber floor. Derelict (1994).
Reason for designation
A landmark on A 487 road, and of group value with walls of walled garden.
Nearby in the register
- Walled Garden at ManorowenDomesticunder 1 mi
- St Marys ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Home Farm Buildings, Manorwen north range.Agriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- ManorowenDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.