Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sundial in garden of former abbot's house
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caldey Village, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 March 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 28 March 2002
- Locality
- Caldey Village
- Town
- Tenby
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.63722, -4.68660
- Cadw reference
- 26446
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 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)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in garden to SW of former abbot's house.
History
Small metal sundial on stone or cast concrete pier designed by J Coates Carter for Dom Aelred Carlyle, dated 1913.
Exterior
Sundial on 3 rough stone steps. Plinth of stone or cast imitation stone, square plan, with chamfered tapered shaft to square top with Celtic interlace ornament beneath lettered band: 'Emitte lucem tuam et veritatem tuam'. Date 1913 on rear. Round metal sundial on flat top.
Reason for designation
Included as a small piece of Celtic revival design by J Coates Carter.
Nearby in the register
- Birdbath in garden of former abbot's houseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Caldey AbbeyReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Saint Martin's TowerReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Wall and gate to garden W of the AbbeyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.