Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Retaining wall and garden wall to Monkton Old Hall
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Monkton, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, designated on 14 July 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 July 1981
- Locality
- Monkton
- Town
- Pembroke
- Community
- Pembroke
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.67517, -4.92241
- Cadw reference
- 6333
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)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of Church Terrace just W of its junction with Bridgend Terrace.
History
Monkton Old Hall is built upon a rock outcrop which is bounded on the S, to Church Terrace by a high retaining wall of stone rubble, becoming a garden wall towards entrance gate piers.
Exterior
Retaining wall and garden wall, rough rubble stone. Wall begins to right at C19 pointed stone garden doorway with cut stone voussoirs, then ramped up to higher level of terrace in front of cross-wing of Old Hall with grey limestone coping stones. Wall steps in past house and continues, curving round to wide gateway with two C19 stone piers with pyramidal coping.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as part of the setting of Monkton Old Hall.
Nearby in the register
- Front retaining wall to No.3 Church TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Monkton Old HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Prospect CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Forecourt retaining wall to Nos. 1 and 2 Church TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.