Castle Hill, Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0071 / 52°0'25"N

Longitude: -4.9092 / 4°54'33"W

OS Eastings: 200422

OS Northings: 238295

OS Grid: SN004382

Mapcode National: GBR CN.HNZC

Mapcode Global: VH1QG.VTK6

Plus Code: 9C4Q234R+R8

Entry Name: Castle Hill

Listing Date: 17 November 1994

Last Amended: 17 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14947

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300014947

Location: Situated immediately on road opposite Glan Hotel.

County: Pembrokeshire

Community: Dinas Cross (Dinas)

Community: Dinas Cross

Locality: Bwlchmawr

Built-Up Area: Dinas Cross

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

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History

Later C19 pair of houses, Castle Hill formerly a Post Office and Greystones a shop.

Exterior

Rubble stone with grey limestone dressings, slate roof and three stone stacks. Each house has two-storey, three-window range of 12-pane hornless large sashes in grey stone surrounds, and grey stone quoins to outer angles. Castle Hill, to left, has centre 4-panel door with traceried overlight and C20 shop-window to right, replacing original window of which head and one side remain. Greystones, to right, has fine C19 shopfront across left and centre, with recessed door between two square shop-windows of 12 fixed panes. Plain flanking piers and thin fascia with brackets and cornice. Double shop doors and overlight. 12-pane horned sash to ground floor right replacing door. Roughcast W end wall with two horned sashes to first floor.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a pair of good examples of local stone buildings, still in late Georgian style, and for unaltered shop-front, rare in the area.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Greystones
Situated immediately on raod opposite Glan Hotel.
II Tabor Baptist Chapel Including front wall, Railings, Bwlchmawr
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II Pigsty at Hescwm Mill/Felin Hescwm
Hescwm Mill is remotely sited on the coast at Aber Bach and reached from narrow road west of Dinas Cross. This building lies to the east of the mill.
II Former Stables and Cartshed at Hescwm Mill/Felin Hescwm
Situated some 150m back from sea at Aber Bach or Aber Hesgwm, reached by narrow lane for Bwlchmawr. This building lies north of the mill, alongside the drive.
II* Hescwm Mill/Felin Hescwm
Situated some 200m inland from Aber Bach or Hesgwm cove, approached by narrow lane from Bwlchmawr. The mill lies to the south of the group of buildings.
II Hescwm Mill House
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II Ty Cambria
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II Castle Green including Front Railings
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Castle Hill

A Grade II Listed Building in Dinas Cross, Pembrokeshire