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St. Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 August 1998
- Locality
- St Ishmaels
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- St. Ishmael's
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.71995, -5.14404
- Cadw reference
- 20343
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 500m SW of the centre of St Ishmaels village and some 600m N of the coast at Monk Haven.
History
Substantial country house built in 1845 for Gilbert Warren-Davis. The style suggests that the architect might be William Owen of Haverfordwest, designer of Scolton Manor and Avellanau, houses in similar style. Sold by the Warren-Davis family after 1940.
Exterior
Country house, roughcast with hipped slate deep-eaved roofs and rendered corniced ridge stacks. U-plan, two storeys with long 6-window S front, 4-window E entrance front and 5-window W side, partly of 3 storeys. Moulded eaves. S front has slightly projected centre 2-window section, roof continuous over, 6 first floor hornless large 12-pane sashes with slate sills and 6 full length ground floor horned 12-pane sashes, possibly a later C19 alteration, set within a slated 6-bay open veranda on slim tapering timber posts. Slate paving and single step. E front has similar 4-window first floor, the left window blank. The ground floor has blank arched recesses to left and right and centre 3 arched openings, the outer ones windows with fixed Y-tracery timber glazing, the centre a half-glazed door with Y-tracery in fanlight. Two ridge stacks. The W end has S facing monopitch-roofed conservatory on brick base, against a rubble wall. Main house W wall is rendered. 5 ridge stacks, the right stack similar to those on E ridge, the others in black brick. From right one basement 6-pane window, then 5-window range of 12-pane sashes to ground and first floor, except for door in left end bay. Second floor 6-pane sashes under eaves in left four bays. Slate sills.
Rear has three hipped roofs, recessed centre has tall arched stair-light to left, with double marginal glazing bars, and large 12-pane sash each floor to right. E wing has W door and 12-pane sash over, small window to right at half-level. Longer W wing has E first floor 12-pane sash in left angle, over door and one 12-pane sash to first floor right. Windowless end walls.
Interior
Not inspected. Axial cross passage plan with main stair to centre right and principal rooms to left. Stair has cast-iron balustrade.
Reason for designation
A substantial and unaltered country house of the 1840s.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St IshmaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Monk Haven ManorDomesticunder 1 mi
- Standing Stone 290m S of MabesgateStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Wall at Monk HavenDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.