Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Myrtle House
Ambleston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ambleston, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, designated on 21 November 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 21 November 2000
- Locality
- Ambleston
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Ambleston
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.89458, -4.90752
- Cadw reference
- 24394
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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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in Ambleston village on S side of road some 70m W of the churchyard.
History
Earlier C19 village house with service wing.
Exterior
House, rubble stone with close-eaved slate roof and stone end stacks, of squared grey stone. Two-storey, three-window front of 12-pane hornless sashes with rough stone voussoirs and cut stone keystones. Centre door with similar head, 6-panel with overlight of 7 small panes. Windowless left end wall. Lower service range to right, with remnant of whitewash, close-eaved imitation slate roof and big square roughcast right end stack, raised with narrower shaft in C20. Small 6-pane centre casement each floor and half-glazed door to left, the door and lower window with stone voussoirs. Windowless end wall, outshut rear.
Interior
Not seen at time of resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved village house with service wing of regional character, retaining original windows and door.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuilding to East of Myrtle HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Castle FlemishEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Hook HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.