Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Walled Garden at Edwinsford
Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Edwinsford, Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, designated on 26 May 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Town
- Edwinsford
- Community
- Llansawel
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.99454, -3.99472
- Cadw reference
- 15997
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Edwinsford is reached off the B4337 between Llansawel and Talley and is situated on the banks of the River Cothi which is the boundary between the two communities. The walled garden is immediately to the N of the Home Farm, bounding the B4337 on its
History
Former walled garden belonging to Edwinsford mansion, the derelict ancient seat of the Williams family. The Gardener's cottage to the SW (Garden Cottage) was built 1811-12; the garden seems to be of similar date.
Exterior
Early C19 walled garden. 3m high rubble walls enclosing irregularly shaped garden measuring 2.204 ha. Main gate to SW, slightly to left of Garden Cottage, tall piers of squared rubble with raised table and coping; rebated for (missing) gates. Gardener's entry to rear of Garden Cottage. Tall piers of squared rubble flanking low doorway with elliptical stone voussoired head, string course above, rubble infill overhead. Continuous coping, stone ball finials to piers. Timber planked and studded door.. Doorway to SE corner to right of the Coach House, boarded door; stone voussoired head. Similar door to NE corner.
Derelict single storey rubble building to NE corner. Garden overgrown and mostly disused.
Reason for designation
Group value with mansion and listed estate buildings.
Nearby in the register
- The Coach House- no description available 3/12/2004 RMDomesticunder 1 mi
- SundialGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Edwinsford Home FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The DairyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.