Brief Description
The parkland was extant in the early-19th century, but the site is probably earlier. It contains a duck decoy lake and a gazebo or belvedere, possibly mid-17th century in date but built on earlier foundations. There are also plantations, woodlands, the remains of a 19th-century Japanese garden, and a walled garden.
History
The second manor was built on the site in 1656 for Hugh Owen.
- Features
- Mansion House (featured building)
- Description: This is at least the third mansion on the site, and was re-modelled in 1970.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Dovecote
- Description: It may date to the 16th, 17th or 18th century, and is a six-sided structure.
- Stable Block
- Description: Stables and yard.
- Lake
- Description: There were three ornamental lakes, two of which are now silted up.
- Tower
- Description: Three-storey roofless tower, possibly used as a gazebo and banqueting house.
- Planting
- Description: The American Gardens.
- Latest Date:
- Planting
- Description: Japanese Garden.
- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Hundleton
- Contact
Telephone
01443 336000Official Website
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Owners
Field Studies Council
Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 1HW
- References
References
- CADW, {Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire} (Cardiff: CADW, 2002) 262Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire
- Jones, F., {Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and their Families} (Newport: Brawdy Books, 1996) 146-8Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and their Families
- Laws, E., {The History of Little England Beyond Wales} (London: George Bell & Sons, 1888) 174The History of Little England beyond Wales, and the Non-Kymric Colony settled in Pembrokeshire
- {Orielton, Sale Catalogue} (1856)Orielton, Sale Catalogue