Remains of Whitland Abbey including garden walls to S is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. Remains of an abbey.

Remains of Whitland Abbey including garden walls to S

WRENN ID
silent-hearth-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 November 1966
Type
Remains of an abbey
Source
Cadw listing

Description

The minimal remains of church: pillar bases of nave and low walls of presbytery lie to the N of the main garden wall, a long stretch partly on site of nave S wall. Rubble stone with yellow brick coping, raised in red brick with some clay tiles, serpentine curve at E end. Rubble stone gateway towards W end with segmental pointed door and loop above under a coped shouldered gable. Wall is thicker to right of gateway, but not to full height. Four buttresses to left of gateway. The stretch of eroded and low wall running S follows line of E front wall of lay brothers dormitory. Rear W boundary wall runs S to small C19 square turret with corbelled parapet at SW end.

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