Boulston Manor

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameBoulston Manor
Alternative Names
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityUzmaston and Boulston

Remains of the original medieval Boulston Mansion on the north bank of Hook Reach on the Western Cleddau. The remains consist of a few ivy clad columns of masonry and several stone walls. Part of one of the vaulted cellars is visible where it has partially collapsed. A small watercourse runs beneath the north-west column of masonry at the west end of the remains and in due course will undermine it and cause it to collapse. The first recorded occupant of Boulston was Henry Wogan in 1450 (Jones 1996, 11-12). Direct descendents of Henry Wogan lived at Boulston until 1715 when the estate passed into the hands of a branch of the Woogan family from Norfolk. By the late 18th century the mansion was in ruins and the present Boulston Manor (PRN 17786) was built to replace it. (Dyfed Archaeological Trust record)

Gatehouse Comments

Elizabethan mansion said to contain remains of vaulted medieval hall house. Quite now fortified this house was is an open question.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSM980123
Latitude51.7735595703125
Longitude-4.92827987670898
Eastings198060
Northings212370
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Books

  • Morgan, Gerald, 2008, Castles in Wales: A Handbook (Talybont: Y Lolfa Cyf.) p. 257 (listed as domestic)
  • Davis, Paul, 2000, A Company of Forts. A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales (Gomer Press) p. 123
  • Reid, Alan, 1998, Castles of Wales (John Jones Publishing)
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 49
  • Jones, F., 1996, Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire p. 11-12
  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 23 no. 55 online copy
  • Laws, E. and Owen, H., 1908, Archaeological Survey of Pembrokeshire 1896-1907 (Tenby)
  • Lewis, Samual, 1849, A Topographical Dictionary of Wales online copy

Journals

  • 1990, Archaeology in Wales