Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Portskewett Gates and Gatepiers at St Pierre
Mathern, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 October 2000
- Locality
- St Pierre
- Town
- Chepstow
- Community
- Mathern
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61183, -2.71335
- Cadw reference
- 24093
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
About 100m east of Parkwall roundabout and about 900m west of St Pierre Hotel.
History
The main entrance drive to St Pierre was moved to this site in the late C18 with the introduction of the more Reptonian landscape. A lodge was built in the Gothick style, but this has been altered.
Exterior
Gateway in the Neo-classical style built of Bath stone ashlar with wrought iron gates and railings. Large rusticated piers with central plain panel and moulded cornice frame panels of wrought iron spear headed railings which are now a little damaged. These frame the central double gates which have taller rusticated piers with moulded caps. The double gates are decorative wrought iron and are complete. The whole ensemble was, at the time of resurvey, much overgrown with ivy and the details are difficult to check.
Reason for designation
Included as good and unaltered late C18 entrance gates to an important historic landscape.
Nearby in the register
- Boundary Wall of St Pierre HotelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hill Barn at Parkwall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cowshed at Hill Barn, Parkwall FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Church of St PeterReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.