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
5954
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1970
Date of Amendment
08/12/1995
Name of Property
Corse Bridge and attached Walled Channel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Angle
Town
Locality
Gupton Burrows
Easting
188551
Northing
199736
Street Side
Location
At the point where the Angle to Castlemartin road crosses the community boundary.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Exterior
History: In 1788 the landowner John Campbell, of Stackpole Court, obtained an Act for the drainage and enclosure of Castlemartin Corse. The scheme included a channel to carry the drain through the sandbanks and into a culvert to the sea and an adjacent bridge for the Angle to Castlemartin road. These works were carried out first. The scheme was then completed by John Mirehouse of Brownslade, who took a tenancy of the 274 acres of land to be improved and undertook the drainage work. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Science and Commerce in 1800.
Campbell's bridge is segmental, approximately 7m span by 3m wide, in mortared rubble masonry with deep thin voussoirs. The parapets are about 1m high with large coping stones and have curved approach wings. Below the bridge is a 25m long open drainage channel through the dunes 2m wide with a path on each side, all between retaining walls. The drain enters a culvert at the base of a high retaining cross wall, leading to the sea.
These structures are the start of an interesting early example of agricultural improvement works, carried out by John Campbell, later created Lord Cawdor, and his tenant John Mirehouse of Brownslade.
References: Lewis, Topographical Dictionary (1842)
RCAHM notes 1976
Howells ed., Pembrokeshire County History III (1987) 313
Dyfed Arch. Trust: S&M PRN 4675
Interior
Reason for designation
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