Gardens · South Wales
The Tower At Eastington Manor House
The Tower At Eastington Manor House — a garden in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Dog-friendly
About
The Tower At Eastington Manor House is a garden of interest in wales-south, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Heritage listing
http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=6594
From Cadw under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Tower at Eastington Manor is a historic site south of the village of Rhoscrowther, in the community of Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The tower is to a tower house plan and dates from the 14th or 15th centuries. A range of later buildings is attached. The tower is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled monument. The range is listed at Grade II.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In their Pembrokeshire volume in the Buildings of Wales series, Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield describe Rhoscrowther as a "strange and unhappy village". Almost the whole village was acquired by Pembroke Refinery after an explosion and fire in the 1990s, and was largely evacuated. Eastington Tower stands next to the refinery. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales describes it as of the pele tower type, dating either from the 14th or 15th centuries. Cadw suggests the 14th or early 15th centuries. The tower clearly had a defensive purpose. In a paper for the Pembrokeshire Historical Society Gerralt Nash considered another such medieval house…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.6820, -5.0377
- District
- Pembrokeshire
- Parish
- Angle
- Postcode
- SA71 5TA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q17742437 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Eastington Manor Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Tower At Eastington Manor House?
- The Tower At Eastington Manor House is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SA71 5TA), in the parish of Angle.
- Who owns The Tower At Eastington Manor House?
- The Tower At Eastington Manor House is owned by Cadw.
- Is The Tower At Eastington Manor House a listed building?
- The Tower At Eastington Manor House is officially recognised as I listed.
- How do I get to The Tower At Eastington Manor House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SA71 5TA. It sits within the Mid and South Pembrokeshire parliamentary constituency.