Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gates & Railings to Gardens at the Town Hall
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
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 12 March 1992
- Community
- Llanelli
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.68169, -4.16406
- Cadw reference
- 11963
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 E front of Town Hall Gardens with short returns along Coleshill Terrace and Waunlanyrafon.
Exterior
Circa 1895-6 gates and railings to Town Hall in painted cast iron. Two pairs of tall panelled gate piers with mid-height roundel panel, moulded bases and caps and globe finials on circular stands, the globes gadrooned to lower halves, ringed, and with pointed finials. Double iron gates with fleur-de-lys spearheads, more ornate to main bars than to dog bars. Between gateways and each side lengths of matching railings on stone coping, the stanchions between each section of railings stamped Raybould & Co, Workington. Railings curve round north east and south east corners and terminate at single cast iron pier.
Reason for designation
Group value
Nearby in the register
- The Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- Boer War Memorial in Gardens at the HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Great War Memorial in Gardens at the Town HallCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Tabernacle Chapel including forecourt RailingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.