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
30/04/2001
Date of Amendment
30/04/2001
Name of Property
Leweston
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Situated at the end of a minor road some 1.2 km NE of Wolfsdale.
History
Late C18 to earlier C19 farmhouse, said to be dated 1827 on an attic beam. The name Leweston is recorded from the C14, there were 4 farms here in 1786, Upper Leweston owned by T B Barry and 3 at Lower Leweston, all owned by Thomas Bowen. This one seems to have been one of those, owned by 1797 by Joseph Fortune of Haverfordwest whose descendants held it until 1925. There was a flat porch in old photographs.
Exterior
House, pebbledashed rubble stone with close-eaved corrugated asbestos roof and 3 grey limestone stacks. Two storeys, three-window main range to right and 2-window service range under single roof. Main part has three 12-pane sashes upstairs but four to ground floor with centre 6-panel door with flush panels and lozenge-patterned overlight. Stone sills. Service range to left has two 12-pane sashes above and one to ground floor right. Outshut rear.
Reason for designation
Included as a late C18 to early C19 farmhouse of late Georgian type with original small-paned sashes and door.
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