Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard Wall & Gates to All Saints Church
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, designated on 12 March 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68488, -4.16323
- Cadw reference
- 11914
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 4 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated along street-line to south side of churchyard.
Exterior
Circa 1870-90 churchyard wall in rock-faced blue lias stone with wrought iron railings and intermediate stone piers with octagonal ashlar pointed caps. Five sections to east and 3 to west of entrance gates which have serpentine incurving wall each side, 4 similar stone piers, the inner pair larger with big double gates. Flanking 'kissing' gates, lozenge shaped in plan.
Wrought ironwork has attractive pattern of quatrefoils in bands and gates have spearhead lower rails.
Probably designed by G E Street and built either at time of church building 1872-4 or at time of church completion 1887.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- War Memorial in All Saint's ChurchyardCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Church of All SaintsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Hall Street Methodist ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 13 Goring Road including forecourt gate and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.