Gardens · South Wales
Cresselly House
Cresselly House — country house in Pembrokeshire, UK.
David Luther Thomas — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Saundersfoot · 5.9 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Cresselly House is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Address: SA68 0SP. Wikidata describes it as: "country house in Pembrokeshire, UK". Coordinates: 51.7241°, -4.8037°.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=15933
From Cadw under OGL v3.
Official information
Home of the Allen family for 250 years, the fine stone façade of Cresselly House presents a lovely symmetry as you approach the house from the main drive.
Read more on the official property page.
From the Wikipedia article
Cresselly House is a Georgian country house in the village of Cresselly, Pembrokeshire that operates as a country house hotel. It is a Grade II* listed building while its gardens and park are designated at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Cresselly had belonged to the Bartlett family since 1564. It came into the Allen family in 1728 when John Allen (d. 1752), of Goodhooke, married Joan, the daughter and heiress of John Bartlett of Cresselly. John Allen was appointed High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1732. The estate lay on reserves of coal, which were mined to provide an income and exported from Cresswell Quay. The present house was built in 1769 by John Allen's son, Captain John Bartlett Allen, an army officer in the First Foot Guards, to replace an earlier building which was undesirably close to the coal mines. The estate descended in the male line down to Henry Seymour Allen (1847-1928) who died unmarried, when it passed…
Architecture
The main range is rubble built in three storeys with two storey blocks on either side. It faces west looking down a valley towards the Cleddau Estuary.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7241, -4.8037
- District
- Pembrokeshire
- Parish
- Jeffreyston
- Postcode
- SA68 0SP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire
- Nearest railway station
- Saundersfoot — 5.9 km
- Official site
- www.cresselly.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q15211988 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cresselly House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cresselly House?
- Cresselly House is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA68 0SP), in the parish of Jeffreyston.
- Is Cresselly House a listed building?
- Cresselly House is officially recognised as Grade II* listed building listed.
- How do I get to Cresselly House?
- The nearest railway station is Saundersfoot, about 5.9 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SA68 0SP.