Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Leweston
Camrose, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2001
- Locality
- Wolfsdale
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Camrose
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86380, -4.99486
- Cadw reference
- 25148
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the end of a minor road some 1.2 km NE of Wolfsdale.
History
Late C18 to earlier C19 farmhouse, said to be dated 1827 on an attic beam. The name Leweston is recorded from the C14, there were 4 farms here in 1786, Upper Leweston owned by T B Barry and 3 at Lower Leweston, all owned by Thomas Bowen. This one seems to have been one of those, owned by 1797 by Joseph Fortune of Haverfordwest whose descendants held it until 1925. There was a flat porch in old photographs.
Exterior
House, pebbledashed rubble stone with close-eaved corrugated asbestos roof and 3 grey limestone stacks. Two storeys, three-window main range to right and 2-window service range under single roof. Main part has three 12-pane sashes upstairs but four to ground floor with centre 6-panel door with flush panels and lozenge-patterned overlight. Stone sills. Service range to left has two 12-pane sashes above and one to ground floor right. Outshut rear.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as a late C18 to early C19 farmhouse of late Georgian type with original small-paned sashes and door.
Nearby in the register
- Treffgarne HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding to N of Treffgarne HallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Plumstone RathRath1 mi
- Plumstone Mountain Round Barrow (East)Round Barrow1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.