PEMBREY COURT, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire 2019
Notes on PEMBREY COURT, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire 2019
I have been here before, twice before and both times it was impossible to photograph the house due to trees and foliage and then the house itself covered in ivy.
All these trees and foliage have been striped back and chopped down. The ivy removed from the walls. The bare bones of the house revealed and it seemed to me
to more imposing than I had remembered. There is no access within the wall now, each access point covered over securely. Not that I minded. With all the foliage gone
better views opened themselves up, more images were taken on this short visit, half an hour or so, than the previous two visits when I believe I only took around six or seven images.
The walls around the rear are the most interesting, showing where windows were boarded up at the time of the window tax, and different types of material used. It all seems
a little hodgepodge but like a comment left on this website a few years ago, what does a photographer know about the structural integrity of a building? As it happens, not a lot!
It is apparently possible for this building to be saved but that was almost ten years ago. I wonder how many more decades Pembrey Court can survive without consolidation?
it's a remarkable house in a great position.
The images taken were sufficient, better than those taken back in 1997 and 2009. Other houses that I visited back then in 1997 have now been cleared and a revisit is required,
Drummau house in Birchgrove a case in point as well as Llangennech Park House, both large ruins and much forgotten for many decades.
I have been here before, twice before and both times it was impossible to photograph the house due to trees and foliage and then the house itself covered in ivy.
All these trees and foliage have been striped back and chopped down. The ivy removed from the walls. The bare bones of the house revealed and it seemed to me
to more imposing than I had remembered. There is no access within the wall now, each access point covered over securely. Not that I minded. With all the foliage gone
better views opened themselves up, more images were taken on this short visit, half an hour or so, than the previous two visits when I believe I only took around six or seven images.
The walls around the rear are the most interesting, showing where windows were boarded up at the time of the window tax, and different types of material used. It all seems
a little hodgepodge but like a comment left on this website a few years ago, what does a photographer know about the structural integrity of a building? As it happens, not a lot!
It is apparently possible for this building to be saved but that was almost ten years ago. I wonder how many more decades Pembrey Court can survive without consolidation?
it's a remarkable house in a great position.
The images taken were sufficient, better than those taken back in 1997 and 2009. Other houses that I visited back then in 1997 have now been cleared and a revisit is required,
Drummau house in Birchgrove a case in point as well as Llangennech Park House, both large ruins and much forgotten for many decades.
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