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
25/01/1995
Date of Amendment
25/01/1995
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Situated some 140m down straight lane running WSW from Boncath crossroads.
History
Mid to later C19 formal farmhouse, known as Kings Bench Walk in 1850s, owned by the Jenkins family of Ty Mawr, mortgaged to Saunders-Davies of Pentre 1848 and sold to them 1884.
Exterior
Mid to later C19 farmhouse, whitewashed stucco with pedimented centre projection in painted cut Cilgerran stone. Lozenge slates, flat eaves with paired brackets and brick end stacks. Similar brackets to pediment and gable ends. Slate courses across gable ends. Two-storey, three-window main range, with single storey one-window wings. The centre projection has broad 16-pane sash to first floor front, chamfered angle piers, slate sill band and 8-pane sash to side walls. Ground floor arched doorway with cut voussoirs and chamfered angles. Recessed door within. 12-pane sash each floor each side, larger and cambered-headed below. Wings have similar 12-pane sash, brick end stacks and similar eaves and gable ends. Main range has rear wing with C20 end stacks and ground floor lean-tos. Stair light on S side.
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual example of a formally designed C19 farmhouse.
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