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
18444
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/05/1997
Date of Amendment
07/05/1997
Name of Property
Monument at Hean Castle
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Saundersfoot
Town
Locality
Hean Castle Estate
Easting
213751
Northing
205930
Street Side
Location
Located to the SW of Hean Castle, on the right hand side of the main approach from the W gate. The column stands in front of a little gazebo set into an earth mound.
Description
Broad Class
Commemorative
Period
History
Exterior
A monument in the form of a Tuscan column. It commemorates Lady Anne, d.1902, wife of Sir William Thomas Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr. The same lady is commemorated in the E window of St Issell's Church (with portrait). The inscription informs us that Lady Lewis was descended from a family eminent in the South Wales steam-coal trade.
Freestanding column about 0.6 m diameter and about 7 diameters in height, with Attic base, all in polished red granite It stands on a limestone base: a block carrying the inscription on the E side, on a plinth and three rock-faced steps.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine monument and for its group value with Hean Castle.
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