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
6569
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1970
Date of Amendment
29/09/1993
Name of Property
Corston House (Hotel)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Hundleton
Town
Locality
Corston
Easting
192782
Northing
199291
Street Side
Location
Situated at end of long drive of about 1 km, running W from Hundleton-Castlemartin road, some 3 km SW of Hundleton. Now a hotel.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
House belonged to Leach family from later C18 to 1936 and was probably built by Abraham Leach in 1799, when it became his residence though he did not inherit estate until 1811. The last of the family at Corston was Brigadier-General Sir Edmund Burleigh Leach (1870-1936).
Exterior
Circa 1800 small country house. Whitewashed roughcast with slate roof and renewed brick end stacks. Three-storey five-window front with dentilled brick eaves and 4-pane sashes to upper floors. Ground floor has two large later C19 canted bays and centre semi-circular open porch on four timber columns with moulded caps. Dentil cornice. Double 3-panel doors with plain fanlight and moulded wood surround. Slate-hanging to S end wall except in gable. SW rear wing with brick W stack, slate-hung section adjoining rear of main range with long narrow stair light. Big late C19 2-storey bay to left with hipped roof and small 12-pane sash above, breaking eaves. N end service wing, two-storey with similar eaves, one-window range and brick N stack. Rear NW wing with end stack and two-storey outshut between two rear wings.
Interior
6-panel doors, elliptical arch to hall with reeded pilasters, lion masks and rosettes in frieze. Spine corridor to S end; plain dog-leg stair with stick balusters and moulded rail, shaped brackets to tread ends. SE front room has elliptical-arched recess in W wall.
Reason for designation
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