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
6345
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/07/1981
Date of Amendment
29/07/2005
Name of Property
Forecourt railings, gates & gate piers to Wesley Chapel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Pembroke
Town
Pembroke
Locality
Pembroke
Easting
198782
Northing
201347
Street Side
Location
In front of the chapel in a prominent position facing E along Main Street near its E junction with East Back.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Late C19 cast-iron railings probably contemporary with the church of 1871-2, by K. W. Ladd. Said to be by a London firm. Railings are broken in several places.
Exterior
Surrounding low wall with cast-iron railings and double gates between stone gatepiers. Centre double set of double gates with three large piers of tooled grey limestone with raised plinths, and large Bath stone caps, square with cusped lunette each face. Ornate cast iron gates: tracery in three rows below lock rail, which has cresting of half-circles with finials between uprights with scroll tops under a double top rail with tracery and finials. To each side is low wall of grey limestone with Bath stone chamfered coping and cast-iron railings similar to upper part of gates. Cast-iron standards are fluted, with ball-capped finials. Wall and railings extend around the sides of chapel, with subsidiary gates each end on S. Stepped railings on N with gatepiers at W end only.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for their special interest as ornate Victorian cast-iron railings of definite quality and having group value with Wesley Chapel.
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