Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hillgate
Tiers Cross, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 17 May 2004
- Locality
- Dale Road
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Community
- Tiers Cross
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.78431, -5.02682
- Cadw reference
- 82695
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
Some 3km SW of Haverfordwest on the NE side of the track from the B4327 to Hill Farm.
History
Small lofted farmhouse and outbuildings in line, probably earlier C19, disused since construction of modern house nearby. The building to left of house of equivalent size to house has been a cowshed, but with end chimney may have been domestic originally.
Exterior
Farmhouse and outbuildings in line, whitewashed roughcast rubble stone with grouted slate roofs to house with rendered end stacks with dripstones, asbestos sheet to outbuilding to left and brick left end stack. House is single-storey double-fronted with centre door and sash window each side. Board door in large whitewashed rubble porch with slate roof and brick cambered head to entry. Small window in each side wall. House has grouted slate rear roof, and outshut to left half only.
Cow shed to left has broad entry to right with timber lintel, probably enlarged, and 12-pane sash to left. One door to left on rear wall.
Lower smaller outbuilding to right of house with corrugated iron roof, and one door to front.
Interior
Interior not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as one of the best of the smaller farmsteads of the region, retaining much historic character, now rare.
Nearby in the register
- Dreenhill ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Denant RathRathunder 1 mi
- Highmead LodgeDomestic1 mi
- Hang Stone Davey Near Lamber SmithyCross-marked stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.