Nythfa

Cadw's description

Location

Situated between Church House and Great House.

History

Early C19 house, an inn for much of C19, first as Bell Inn, later Glansevin Arms, later a bank. Marked in 1832 Danyrallt estate map book as owned by E P Lloyd of Glansevin, and on 1839 Tithe Map as the Glansevin Arms, occupied by Thomas Evans. The veranda-roof between the bays on the front is an addition of c1900.

Exterior

House, painted stucco, slate roof with crested terracotta ridge tiles, paired brackets to eaves, short stuccoed end stacks. Two-storey, 5-window range. 12-pane sashes to first floor. Ground floor has right and left end square bays with fixed shallow bow windows of 4x4 panes. Between bays are original 12-pane sashes each side of centre arched door opening. Four-panel door and radiating-bar fanlight. A late C19 pent slate roof extends over full width of ground floor, hipped at ends, with fish-scale slates and terracotta ridged tiles on hips. Turned and fretted painted timber ornamental eaves fringe of pendants carrying arched nogged braces to short keystone-pendants. Small door right of right window within veranda presumably inserted later.
To left, low coach-house with cambered-headed entry with boarded doors, and small loft light to left, above. Corrugated iron roof.

Interior

Early C19 6-panel doors. Right hand room has inserted fireplace from house in Llandovery. Cupboards each side of fireplace, early C19 small-paned glazing to enclosed corner area, presumably servery of inn. Oak stair with stick balusters to centre. Left room has sliding partition and C19 marble fireplace.

Reason for designation

Included as a Regency townhouse of quality retaining some contemporary internal detail including an early C19 inn servery, fine original exterior, and distinctive decorative detail added c1900. Part of an unusually good group of buildings on an urban scale.