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
12939
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/04/1993
Date of Amendment
29/04/1993
Name of Property
High Roost
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Mathry
Town
Locality
Easting
187823
Northing
232057
Street Side
Location
Situated in walled grounds NW of village centre, on S side of road to Abercastle.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
1827-30 former vicarage by William Owen of Haverfordwest, whitewashed roughcast with hipped slate roof. Two-storey three-window range of sashes, 12-pane above, 16-pane below and centre door with arched head. Added flat-roofed enclosed porch with door and traceried overlight. Original doorway has half-oval traceried fanlight and half-glazed door. W side has blank roughcast wall to left and slate-hung wall to right with one 12-pane window each floor. Lean-to on S end wall. Rear has been built out and SE rear wing has been extended.
Interior
Stair with stick balusters and ramped rail. Stair hall is lit by small glazed lantern. Plain plaster cornice in ground floor left room, C19 cornice in right-hand room and early C19-style timber fireplace surround. 6-panel doors.
Reason for designation
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