Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penrice Castle North-East Gates, Railings and Piers
Ilston, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 July 2000
- Locality
- Penrice
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Ilston
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.57423, -4.16336
- Cadw reference
- 23541
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
At the main entrance to Penrice Castle park, where the road from Swansea to Port Eynon is diverted to the north of the park.
History
Penrice Castle was built in 1773-7, with William Gubbings as mason. In 1790 and 1793 Gubbings was paid for gatepiers; probably the gates, railings and piers of all four entrances to the park were added in the early 1790s.
Exterior
The principal formal gateway in the boundary wall of Penrice Castle park, set to face towards the main approach road from Swansea. The gateway consists of two main sandstone piers carrying the gates and a link section of fixed railings at each side extending to the masonry of the folly or gatehouse.
The piers are square, about 3½m apart, heavily rusticated and vermiculated. Tall plinth with base moulding. Small cornice with fine vertical fluting. The finials are stone poppyheads on thin hollow stems. The plinths beneath the fixed railings have been restored.
The gates and the side railings are plain, in wrought iron, with dog railings.
Reason for designation
Listed at II* as part of a picturesque group with the folly gatehouse and detached tower at the main entrance to Penrice park and for group value with Penrice Castle (mansion).
Nearby in the register
- Penrice Towers gate houseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outlying tower designed to complement Penrice TowersDomesticunder 1 mi
- The OrangeryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old Cottage in grounds of Underhill CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.