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
22542
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
29/10/1999
Date of Amendment
29/10/1999
Name of Property
Penrice Castle South-East Gates and Piers (Also in Ilston Community)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Swansea
Community
Penrice
Town
Locality
Penrice
Easting
250226
Northing
187939
Street Side
Location
At the south east entrance to Penrice Castle park, reached by a private lane from the road crossing Oxwich Marsh.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Penrice Castle was built in 1773-7, with William Gubbings as mason. In 1790 and 1793 Gubbings was paid for gatepiers; probably the gates, railings and piers of all four entrances to the park were added in the early 1790s.
Exterior
A formal gateway to Penrice Castle park. The gateway consists of two sandstone piers carrying the gates. The piers are square, about 3.5m apart, heavily rusticated and vermiculated. Tall plinth with base moulding. Small cornice. The finials are stone elongated globes on thin hollow stems, each with a thin vermiculated mid-height band. The globes and cornices have been restored. The gates are plain, in wrought iron, with dog railings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Penrice Castle.
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