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
12111
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/07/1974
Date of Amendment
30/11/2005
Name of Property
Railings, gates, steps and retaining wall to the Shire Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Haverfordwest
Town
Haverfordwest
Locality
Easting
195411
Northing
215623
Street Side
S
Location
On the S side of the High Street some 25m W of its junction with Quay Street.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
Terrace wall and railings probably contemporary with the Shire Hall, built in 1835-7 by William Owen. The ironwork probably made at the local foundry of J. Marychurch may have been designed by Owen also.
Exterior
Terrace wall of tolled square blocks with square coping stones carrying low railings each side of broad entry with two steps up from pavement and steps within entry, to right and left up to terrace level. Railings have spear shaped finials of cast-iron and little shaped pendants under top rail between each upright. An additional double bottom rail is added where the terrace steps down to centre level, with cast-iron lozenge shaped motifs and fleur-de-lys finials between uprights. Broad centre range has four open work cast iron square piers, framing outer bays with fixed railings and centre broad double gates, to similar pattern. The piers have three diagonal crosses in line separated by narrow bands of circles and Greek key patters, and moulded flat caps. The two centre piers have small urns (old photographs show urns on all four).
Interior
Reason for designation
Included at higher grade for exceptional interest as particularly fine earlier C19 ironwork closely associated with Shire Hall.
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