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
6587
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/05/1970
Date of Amendment
29/09/1993
Name of Property
Former Church of Saint Mary
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Angle
Town
Locality
Pwllcrochan
Easting
192051
Northing
202657
Street Side
Location
Situated in sloping churchyard between Texaco Oil Refinery and Pembroke Power Station and S of inlet at Pwllcrochan Flats. To be converted to a private house (1993).
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
C14 to C15 former parish church with N transept dated 1342.
Restoration is recorded in 1865, under Mr Lloyd of Neyland, and 1897. The interior is recorded as having on S side of the nave the effigy of Rudolph de Benegar, the chancel as having sedilia, piscina, blocked priest's door and two niches. (Kelly's Directory 1926). The church was closed in 1982.
Exterior
Rubble stone and slate roofs. Nave, whitewashed rendered chancel, C19 N porch, N transept with squint, SE tower with recessed stone spire, and disused S porch. Nave has C19 fishscale slate eaves roof, C19 2-light W window with quatrefoil in head, whitewashed S side with affixed slate plaque to G Phelps (d1803). C19 N porch has pointed doorway and plain pointed medieval inner doorway. S porch has C19 eaves roof and blocked rough stone pointed S doorway. Tower at SE end of nave has corbelled parapet and narrow lancet bell openings. Recessed octagonal spire. C19 2-light S window. N transept has NE angle red carved inscription stone of exceptional rarity which records its rebuilding by Rudolph Benegar, rector, 1342. 2-light flat-headed window. W side plaque to ReváAáBoye (d1704). Squint has flat-headed 2-light window. Chancel has 3-light C19 E window.
Interior
Not inspected. N transept has C19 roof and plastered arch to nave, fittings have been removed, font and memorials to Rhoscrowther Church.
Reason for designation
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