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.
Date of Designation
24/04/1991
Date of Amendment
22/02/1993
Name of Property
Arched entry Flanking Driveway at E.Side of Castle Hall House
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Single archway at former entrance to avenue leading to orchard on E side of Castle Hall estate.
Exterior
Probably early Cl9, repaired C20. The Castle Hall estate was extensively improved l804-l7 by Mr Benjamin Rotch, a Quaker from North America invited by Charles Greville to settle at Milford. Mr Rotch made "ugly slopes into pretty terraces, formed new land in front of the house" and other major garden works which are described in his daughter's memoirs.
Split stone arch ring in short section of red rubble wall with corbelled parapet. Attached square gatepier forward on right. Lower stubs of wall run back to low piers with pyramidal cappings.
Reason for designation
Group value with other listed items at Castle Hall.
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