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Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Penrice Community)

Penrice, Swansea, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Penrice, Swansea, designated on 29 October 1999.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Penrice Community), Swansea, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
29 October 1999
Locality
Penrice
Town
Swansea
Community
Penrice
Unitary authority
Swansea
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.57038, -4.16248
Cadw reference
23540

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

At the south east entrance to Penrice Castle park, reached by a private lane from the road crossing Oxwich Marsh.

See Record no. 22542 for full description of this item.

Listed for group value with Penrice Castle (mansion).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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