Eastington, Pembrokeshire

Eastington
Pembrokeshire
Eastington Manor and farmhouse
Location
Grid reference:	SM906025
Location:	51°40’58"N, 5°1’47"W
Data
Postcode:	SA71
Local Government
Council:	Pembrokeshire
Parliamentary constituency:	South Pembrokeshire

Eastington is an abandoned village in Pembrokeshire by the coast of Milford Haven. The town of Milford Haven is on the opposite shore.

The site of the village has been absorbed by the Rhoscrowther Oil Refinery, and just a few older buildings remain on the shoreline.

Eastington Manor House

Eastington Manor House stands in ruins beneath the shadow of the Refinery. It is a fortified manor house probably of the 15th century, or the remains of it, and on these waters once nervous of attacks by the French or by pirates it consists of a small, fortified, battlemented tower of two storeys, with a vaulted undercroft and in the manner of a pele tower its first floor hall is reached by outside stairs. A later farmhouse is attached to the east side of the Tower. The manor house is a listed building.

The house once had ornamental gardens or a park, which is indicated by a ha-ha, with remains of a gateway across it to the south of the house.