Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
11568
Building Number
Grade
I
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/04/1952
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
Swansea Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Castle
Town
Locality
Easting
265716
Northing
193067
Street Side
Location
In the centre of the city, on the curving W bank of the former course of the River Tawe.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Largely dating from C13 and C14, during possession of the de Braose family, reused and built against in post-medieval period.
Exterior
The remains consist of 2 separate blocks, a small square tower (later used as a debtors’ prison) on the N, which may contain the earliest surviving work, and a larger residential block forming the SE angle. The most distinguished feature is the arcaded parapet associated with the work of Henry Gower, Bishop of St David’s (d 1347) in the episcopal palaces at Lamphey and St David’s.
Interior
Reason for designation
Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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