Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Haroldston House and Gardens
Merlin's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Merlin's Bridge, Pembrokeshire, recorded as House (domestic) (Post Medieval/Modern).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- House (domestic)
- Period
- Post Medieval/Modern
- Date of designation
- 4 February 1991
- Community
- Merlin's Bridge
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.79251, -4.96281
- SAM number
- PE438
- Cadw record number
- 2086
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 228 Haverfordwest (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- Sheet 7 South Wales (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a house. Haroldston consists of a ruinous complex of late medieval and Tudor buildings, some with stone vaulted undercrofts. Most prominent is the "Steward’s Tower", a small tower house either of medieval date or a Tudor banqueting house. Surrounding the buildings are the remains of walled gardens, terraces and earthworks, and water features belonging to a very extensive and well preserved series of formal gardens, unaltered since the 17th century.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of settlement and domestic activity. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques. A house may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Haroldston CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Haroldston Bridge (partly in Haverfordwest community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Haroldstone Bridge (partly in Merlins Bridge community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Haverfordwest PrioryPrioryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.