Orielton, Pembrokeshire
Orielton is a historic country house near
History
The first known house at Orielton was a fortified manor built by the Wyriott family in about 1200,
Orielton was requisitioned during the Second World War and used as a base for Australian airmen.
Architecture
The house
Orielton is a three-storey mansion in painted stucco. The core of the house may have been created by Sir Hugh Owen (1604–1670) in the late seventeenth century, probably from brick and stone. The house was rebuilt in 1813 by John Owen (né John Lord), (possibly following an earlier rebuilding in 1734). In the later nineteenth century the east front was shortened by five bays.[10][11] The east front has eight bays with a large central porch with Doric columns. The west front has eleven bays. The interior features a full-height hall with a cantilevered stone staircase.[10] The house is a grade II* listed building.[12]
The gardens
The house is surrounded by gardens that date from at least the early nineteenth century. There are remains of a nineteenth-century Japanese garden and a walled kitchen garden.[13] An icehouse was installed under the lawn, this has been filled in.[13] The gardens are listed at Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[14]
The stables
Orielton stables are in wooded parkland, 100m north of the house. Built in the nineteenth century, there is an ornamental entrance block with a courtyard to the year.
The tower
Orielton tower was built in the eighteenth century in the Georgian style, and originally straddled the entrance to the Orielton estate. The tower is built of brick, with Bath stone dressings. It became derelict in the nineteenth century, when it was described as a banqueting tower.[15] The tower is a grade II* listed building.[18]
Brick Hall
The Brick Hall at Orielton is an eighteenth-century estate house in a walled garden. Brick buildings of this period are rare locally.[11] The Brick Hall is a grade II listed building,[19] as are adjoining garden walls and dog kennels.[20]
Field studies centre
In 1963 Orielton was bought by the Field Studies Council for use as a field studies centre.[2] The centre provided short residential and non-residential courses and field trips for school and university students and for the general public, and provided a base for researchers.[21] The Oil Pollution Research Unit of the Field Studies Council was established at the centre in 1967. The centre was near the major oil port of Milford Haven.[22]
Further reading
- ISBN 9780233969282.
References
- ^ "Era ends as Pembrokeshire mansion visited by thousands is up for sale for £2.6 million". Western Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ a b c d e "About Orielton / History". Field Studies Council. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Doomsday Reloaded / Orielton House". BBC. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Richards, Thomas (1959). "OWEN family, of Bodeon (Bodowen), Anglesey". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Rees, James Frederick (1959). "OWEN family, of Orielton, Pembs". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Orielton Field Centre". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ Williams, David (1960). "The Pembrokeshire Elections of 1831" (PDF). Welsh History Review. 1 (1): 38. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-300-10178-2.
- Wales Online.
- ^ a b "Orielton, Hundleton (22512)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Brick Hall, Hundleton (21652)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Orielton Field Centre". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Orielton Garden, Hundleton (265869)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Orielton Stables, Hundleton (22607)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Orielton Field Centre [stables]". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Mapstone, L. (2009). "Landscapes for Lessers. CCW Science Report No. 896" (PDF). Countryside Council for Wales. p. 46.
- ^ "Former Banqueting Tower, about 300m SE of Orielton Field Centre". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Brick Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Walls of Two Walled Gardens including Dog Kennels at Brick Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Schools, Colleges and Universities". Field Studies Council. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- JSTOR 25039572.
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