The 39 Steps (fromerly included as flight of steps leading to St David's Cathedral Yard), St Davids, Pembrokeshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8815 / 51°52'53"N

Longitude: -5.2679 / 5°16'4"W

OS Eastings: 175185

OS Northings: 225370

OS Grid: SM751253

Mapcode National: GBR C5.RQ0C

Mapcode Global: VH0TD.MZY1

Plus Code: 9C3PVPJJ+HV

Entry Name: The 39 Steps (fromerly included as flight of steps leading to St David's Cathedral Yard)

Listing Date: 26 August 1981

Last Amended: 28 July 1992

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 12540

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300012540

Location: Situated leading down into churchyard from The Pebbles, about 10m W of Porth y Twr.

County: Pembrokeshire

Community: St. David's and the Cathedral Close (Tŷddewi a Chlos y Gadeirlan)

Community: St. David's

Built-Up Area: St Davids

Traditional County: Pembrokeshire

Tagged with: Stairs

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History

Uncertain date, restored or altered in C19.

Exterior

Flight of thirty-nine broad slate steps enclosed each side by a rubble wall with cut stone coping.

Reasons for Listing

Steps are marked on J Lord's map of 1720 and illustrated in Norris/Byrne etching of 1810.

Group value.

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I Porth-y-Twr, including Gateway & South Tower
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II 9 The Pebbles, Dyfed
Situated at end of row, immediately adjacent to Porth y Twr.
II Churchyard with Memorials surrounding St. David's Cathedral (Memorials previously listed separately)
Large graveyard sloping down to the cathedral from the south.
II 5A The Pebbles, Dyfed
Narrow frontage situated between Nos 5 and 7, some 30m from Porth y Twr.
II Wall along S.Side of the Pebbles
Extending along S side of roadway from a point some 10m W of Porth y Twr to the coach-house E of The Deanery.
II Churchyard Boundary Wall on N.side of the Pebbles
Extending from Porth y Twr along S side of churchyard to corner opposite The Deanery coach-house and returning northwards to Deanery Gate.
I Cathedral of St Davids
Situated in the sheltered valley of the River Alun, below the city.
II Ivy House
Detached house situated mid-way between Cross Square and Porth y Twr.

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The 39 Steps (fromerly included as flight of steps leading to St David's Cathedral Yard)

A Grade II Listed Building in St Davids, Pembrokeshire