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Wall of walled garden to S. of Cloister Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in St. David's and the Cathedral Close (Tŷddewi a Chlos y Gadeirlan), Pembrokeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8824 / 51°52'56"N

Longitude: -5.2681 / 5°16'5"W

OS Eastings: 175172

OS Northings: 225475

OS Grid: SM751254

Mapcode National: GBR C5.RPXK

Mapcode Global: VH0TD.MYTB

Plus Code: 9C3PVPJJ+XP

Entry Name: Wall of walled garden to S. of Cloister Hall

Listing Date: 26 August 1981

Last Amended: 28 July 1992

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 12557

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300012557

Location: Situated to S of Cloister Hall, the S wall backing onto the N side of the cathedral precinct, the W wall onto the garden behind the Cathedral Hall and the E wall onto the footpath running N from the p

County: Pembrokeshire

Community: St. David's and the Cathedral Close (Tŷddewi a Chlos y Gadeirlan)

Community: St. David's

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

Tagged with: Walled garden

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History

Probably (mostly) early C19 but possibly incorporating on the E, W and S sides part of the precinct wall of St Mary's College of which the undercroft survives behind the N wall and under Cloister Hall.

Exterior

Rubble stone garden wall, partly incorporating on N side basement wall of Cloister Hall and, to left, end wall of C14 undercroft behind Cloister Hall. E side, to footpath, has door at right end. S side is embanked against outer side, facing cathedral. Square headed blocked opening at W end. W wall has low 6m length to SW corner then high 4m length, the front wall of a square tower presumably built over undercroft with access from raised garden of Cloister Hall, then lower 2 m section to NW angle. On N side, left end has low segmental arch into undercroft and then continues to basement of Cloister Hall with door into parallel undercroft.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

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