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Trewarren

A Grade II Listed Building in St Ishmael's, Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.72 / 51°43'11"N

Longitude: -5.144 / 5°8'38"W

OS Eastings: 182931

OS Northings: 207039

OS Grid: SM829070

Mapcode National: GBR G3.YM36

Mapcode Global: VH1RW.S1F9

Plus Code: 9C3PPV94+X9

Entry Name: Trewarren

Listing Date: 25 August 1998

Last Amended: 25 August 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20343

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: Trewarren House

ID on this website: 300020343

Location: Situated some 500m SW of the centre of St Ishmaels village and some 600m N of the coast at Monk Haven.

County: Pembrokeshire

Town: Haverfordwest

Community: St. Ishmael's (Llanisan-yn-Rhos)

Community: St. Ishmael's

Locality: St Ishmaels

Built-Up Area: St Ishmael's

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Substantial country house built in 1845 for Gilbert Warren-Davis. The style suggests that the architect might be William Owen of Haverfordwest, designer of Scolton Manor and Avellanau, houses in similar style. Sold by the Warren-Davis family after 1940.

Exterior

Country house, roughcast with hipped slate deep-eaved roofs and rendered corniced ridge stacks. U-plan, two storeys with long 6-window S front, 4-window E entrance front and 5-window W side, partly of 3 storeys. Moulded eaves. S front has slightly projected centre 2-window section, roof continuous over, 6 first floor hornless large 12-pane sashes with slate sills and 6 full length ground floor horned 12-pane sashes, possibly a later C19 alteration, set within a slated 6-bay open veranda on slim tapering timber posts. Slate paving and single step. E front has similar 4-window first floor, the left window blank. The ground floor has blank arched recesses to left and right and centre 3 arched openings, the outer ones windows with fixed Y-tracery timber glazing, the centre a half-glazed door with Y-tracery in fanlight. Two ridge stacks. The W end has S facing monopitch-roofed conservatory on brick base, against a rubble wall. Main house W wall is rendered. 5 ridge stacks, the right stack similar to those on E ridge, the others in black brick. From right one basement 6-pane window, then 5-window range of 12-pane sashes to ground and first floor, except for door in left end bay. Second floor 6-pane sashes under eaves in left four bays. Slate sills.

Rear has three hipped roofs, recessed centre has tall arched stair-light to left, with double marginal glazing bars, and large 12-pane sash each floor to right. E wing has W door and 12-pane sash over, small window to right at half-level. Longer W wing has E first floor 12-pane sash in left angle, over door and one 12-pane sash to first floor right. Windowless end walls.

Interior

Not inspected. Axial cross passage plan with main stair to centre right and principal rooms to left. Stair has cast-iron balustrade.

Reasons for Listing

A substantial and unaltered country house of the 1840s.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Church of St Ishmael
    Situated in a wooded valley leading to Monk Haven, some 700m SW of the centre of the village of St Ishmaels.
  • II Monk Haven Manor
    Situated in a wooded valley leading to Monk Haven, SW of St Ishmaels and some 50m SW of the Church of St Ishmael.
  • II Wall at Monk Haven
    Situated on the coast at Monk Haven, running E to W just above the high water mark.
  • II Folly SE of Monk Haven
    Situated on the coast path some 250m SE of Monk Haven and just E of Loose Haven, SW of the village of St Ishmaels.

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