Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
4 Prospect Place
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68470, -4.16010
- Cadw reference
- 11953
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Terrace of 3 houses at west end of street, some 30 m from junction with ThomasáStreet.
History
Early to mid C19 terrace of 3 houses: No 2 the Cross Keys Inn, Nos 4 and 6 domestic, though No 6 was formerly an inn.
Exterior
Stucco with slate roofs and red brick east end stacks, 2 storeys 3 windows to each house stepped down slightly from next. Facades with cambered-headed arches reaching full-height from raised plinth (formerly with raised bands across pilasters at first floor level and remaining on No 4 only). Windows were sashes with slate sills: C20 replacement windows to No 2, plate glass sashes to No 4 and 4-pane sashes to No 6. No 2 has centre window (probably replacing door) No 4 has 5-panel door with overlight in rusticated stucco surround with keystone and No 6 has C20 door in circa 1930 raised stucco surround.
Reason for designation
Terrace is included in list as the best survivor of a distinctive Llanelli type of terraced house (Nos 1 to 13 opposite and Nos 3 to 17 Felinfoel Road nearby are more altered examples).
Nearby in the register
- 2 Prospect PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 6 Prospect PlaceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Maltings at Former Buckley's BreweryIndustrialunder 1 mi
- including Railings and Front TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.