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
5988
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1970
Date of Amendment
12/09/1996
Name of Property
Church of St Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Cosheston
Town
Pembroke Dock
Locality
Nash
Easting
201014
Northing
203271
Street Side
Location
In hamlet of Lower Nash, 1 km SE of Cosheston Church. Reached by a side road N of the A477 road.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
The church was rebuilt on earlier foundations, 1841-2, by George Gwyther, architect, of Pembroke Dock. It was repaired in the 1890's but retains its early C19 arrangement virtually intact. The parish is closely connected to Upton, and there are Tasker and Neale graves in the churchyard and memorials within the church.
Exterior
The church is of rubble masonry, rebuilt on the foundations of the earlier church, and part of the masonry, especially near the W end, may be retained from the earlier structure. The church now consists of nave cum chancel under one roof and there is a small N vestry. Larger stones at quoins. Ashlar bellcote with single bell above gable coping at W end. The E and W windows are of three lights, round headed, with flat arches. Other windows are similar but of two lights. Four-centred W doorway.
Interior
There is no marked division into nave and chancel. There is no chancel arch, and the plain plaster ceiling is continuous from end to end. At the W is a gallery with a handrail on turned balusters, above a small internal porch. The vestry is at the N reached under stone archway. Rough stonework is exposed at the reveals of the E window. Plain coloured glass throughout. Box pews.
Reason for designation
Listed as an important example of a pre-Ecclescological Movement C19 church, retaining most of its original character.
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