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
15200
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/02/1995
Date of Amendment
10/02/1995
Name of Property
Gazebo in walled garden at Manorowen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Scleddau
Town
Locality
Scleddau
Easting
193465
Northing
236398
Street Side
Location
Situated on E side of A 487 opposite entrance drive to Manorowen
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Later C18 summerhouse built as a gazebo to allow views to Fishguard Bay from the rock outcrop at the NW angle of the walled garden. Marked on 1797 Propert map of French invasion, and said to have been mistaken by French troops for a fort. Manorowen is recorded by Fenton as having belonged to his ancestor John Lewis in later C17, later owned by Bowen family until sold 1839 to Dr Moses Griffith, d 1883.
Exterior
Later C18 summerhouse on rocky outcrop approached by some 24 rough slate steps to S with rubble stone wall to left. Roughcast rubble stone with brick dressings and pyramid graded slate roof. Nogged brick eaves cornice and E side brick stack. Square plan, single-storey with cambered-arched door to S, window to E and W (8-pane glazing survives in E window) and broader elliptical arched window to N. Red brick heads. S front has gable over door with brick roundel opening into roof space.
Interior
Plastered walls and ceiling, fireplace on E side, recess on N wall to right of window. Timber floor. Derelict (1994).
Reason for designation
A landmark on A 487 road, and of group value with walls of walled garden.
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