More information : (SW66462394) Chapel (NR) (site of). (1) The buildings of the Medieval mansion at Carminow enclosed a court 40ft square (see plan) (4) and were surrounded by a moat. Due to their irreparable condition they were demolished in 1861 and a new homestead and outbuildings erected on the site - the present farmyard corresponding with the former court. Only the N arm of the moat remains. The whole farmyard and buildings are strewn with well carved stonework of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.(3). 66562395(2) Chapel Yard (a). The chapel was in ruins by 1561; its site was traditionally on the S side of the court. The old burial ground was on elevated ground to the S of the moat. (2-4) (SW66512397) Carminowe on site of (NAT) Mansion (NR) (5) None of the Md buildings or arms of the moat survive, although incorporated in all the present buildings there are pieces of Md window tracery, door lintels and worked stone. No information on the chapel; the burial ground was probably in the elevated field centred SW66502394, although nothing has been found here. If, as authority 4 states, the farmyard is on the site of the court then the mansion was centred at SW66482399 and the chapel site was at approximately SW66482396 - according to the authority 4 plan. This is confirmed by the Tithe Map where the plan of the medieval house can be related to the present buildings. (6)
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