Brief Description
Great Harmeston is a minor gentry house. There is a small enclosed orchard with two mounts, perhaps from the 17th century, and an arbour or grotto of about 1800.
History
The present house probably dates from the early-18th century, with remnants of an earlier structure and associated garden features.
- Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: The house is made up of two storeys. It is limewashed and rubble-built. It is probably on the site of an earlier building.
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- Garden Building
- Description: Store and cart shed.
- Stable Block
- Description: This has been described as a barn or cart shed, but was probably the stables originally.
- Orchard
- Description: Enclosed garden orchard.
- Mount
- Description: There are two mounts, probably dating from around 1700, though there is no actual evidence of date.
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- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Tiers Cross
- Contact
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire} (Cardiff: CADW, 2002) 216Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
- {Great Harmeston, Tithe Map and Schedule of Apportionments} (1830)Great Harmeston, Tithe Map and Schedule of Apportionments