Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Birdbath 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
- 51.63707, -4.68687
- Cadw reference
- 26447
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 SE of former abbot's house.
History
Ornamental bird-bath, probably of c1913 and by John Coates Carter, designed as a pair to sundial in SW corner of garden.
Exterior
Bird bath set on a massive square rough stone block. Terracotta octagonal base with pedestal type block above in single block of stone or cast imitation stone. Square base with ogee-moulded broaches to rounded fat shaft with square top. Small bowl indented in flat top.
Reason for designation
Included as a decorative garden feature designed by J Coates Carter, in his distinctive Arts and Crafts style.
Nearby in the register
- Sundial in garden of former abbot's houseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Caldey AbbeyReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Wall and gate to garden W of the AbbeyGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Saint Martin's TowerReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.