Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Mansell Arms
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
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68361, -4.16217
- Cadw reference
- 11920
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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 on corner of Hall Street and former Upper Church Street, adjoining lych-gate of parish church.
History
Late C19 inn, possibly by William Griffiths of Llanelli
Exterior
In hard red brick with painted stone dressings and slate roofs. Three-storey main range with chamfered south east corner plus 2 and one storey ranges to north west. South east side has ground floor 5-bay Gothic arcade with painted carved stone capitals, brick piers with chamfered angles, painted stone pointed arches and hoodmoulds. Plate glass windows with painted slate sills. String course above, then first floor 2 triplets of cambered-headed sash windows in stone surrounds with stilted heads, impost string course and sill course. String course above and second floor smaller triplets of stilted arched windows with impost string. Big brick eaves cornice with some nogged brick. Similar detail carried around to one window chamfered angle. Ground floor panelled doors in matching Gothic doorcase, first and second floor big cambered headed sashes.
South west side has similar ground floor 6-arch Gothic arcade with 5 windows and door. Then 2 triplets of sashes to left, (similar to first floor), string course carried around; 5 first floor pairs to similar sashes with sill course, impost string and string course above but third floor only over 2 of 5 bays, with 2 pairs to windows similar to those on south side third floor. Gabled slate roof to other 3 bays.
At left is single storey range with 4-arch matching Gothic arcade, chamfered angle entry and 2 similar arches to end wall. Slate roofs.
Reason for designation
The most elaborate surviving example of late C19 pub architecture in Llanelli. Date of construction uncertain but plans for extension in 1899 by W Griffiths survive (not seen) in office of W Griffiths, Son and Lewis, Llanelli.
Included for group value with Parish Church and Public Library.
Nearby in the register
- Lychgate to Churchyard of church of St EllywReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The War Memorial in Churchyard of St EllywCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Cross in Churchyard of St EllywReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Public LibraryRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.