Eastington

Situated some 0.75-km Northwest of Rhoscrowther Church and close to Chevron Oil Refinery. Medieval tower house of circa 14 to early circa 15 date.

Tower house: Rubble stone. Embattled. With vaulted ground floor and first floor hall reached by added West Side outside stairs. A narrower. Possibly slightly later. Rear wing has vaulted room on each floor and an embattled turret, which crowns the stair in the re-entrant Northwest angle. Leading from the first floor to the wall behind the battlements. South front has corbelled embattled parapet. One first-floor later window and ground-floor (later) broad opening. Shallow angle buttresses. Circa 20 lightweight roofs. And some repairs to stonework. Otherwise unrestored. Marks of a lost Southwest gabled building. Possibly indicating an earlier hall range. The original entry to the tower was from the West where a pointed arched doorway survives between the gable and the outside stairs. The stairs may have been originally in timber with an upper porch for which sockets remain. One blocked narrow lancet to first floor left and one blocked North end 2-light trefoil-headed opening part-blocked by rear wing.

History: circa 15 house belonged to Perrot family. William Meares of Eastington (d 1768) is commemorated in the church and there is said to have been a large house of the Meare family adjoining the Tower. This house was occupied by the Leach family in the later circa 18 but mostly demolished by 1868. Of which the present house may be the outbuilding,

Eastington Farmhouse including range of outbuildings to Southeast

Locality: Rhoscrowther : Situated some .75 km of Rhoscrowther and close to Chevron Oil Refinery. Circa 18 to circa 19 farmhouse attached to medieval tower.

Farmhouse: Attached to East Side of tower is a long painted stucco two-storey farmhouse with slate roof. Hipped to East and two brick ridge stacks. Front is divided 3-3-3 with various circa 19 and circa 20 windows. Upper floor has circa 19 6-pane sashesd to centre. Sixth and seventh windows. And a shorter older 6-pane sashes to eight and ninth windows. Belonging to a loft reached by East End outside stairs. Ground floor has longer windows. 12-pane sashes remain in sixth and seventh windows. Eighth is blank and in ninth position is broad cart-entry with flat lintel. Centre circa 19 or circa 20 gabled rendered porch; door within has circa 18 painted rusticated surround with heavy triple keystone. Half-glazed door. Circa 20 porch and door in second position.

Rear of house is outshut to right and windowless to left. Left end loft door.

Outbuildings: Attached to Southeast angle is range of stone outbuildings with asbestos roofs. Blocked openings to front. Dove holes in East and West End walls. Corrugated iron lean-to and 4 doors to rear.

History: circa 15 house belonged to Perrot family. William Meares of Eastington (d 1768) is commemorated in the church and there is said to have been a large house of the Meare family adjoining the tower. This house was occupied by the Leach family in later circa 18 but mostly demolished by 1868. Of which the present house may be the outbuilding.