Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Town Hall
Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1995
- Locality
- LLansawel
- Community
- Llansawel
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.00761, -4.01250
- Cadw reference
- 16001
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On B4337 in centre of Llansawel
History
Earlier C19 Town Hall with two dwellings to ground floor, both occupied in 1841 Census, large first floor room used formerly for Petty Sessions and village functions. Now a private residence.
Exterior
Earlier C19. Rubble built. Slate roof, bracketed soffits and eaves (all probably renewed in late C19). Rubble gable stacks, stone tabling. Wide 2-storey 3-window facade. Three first floor 16-pane hornless sashes, cambered heads; stone voussoirs. Doors to ground floor left and right both with a window each side; heads as above. C20 windows, boarded door to right, half-glazed door to left.
Later high curtain rubble wall to right enclosing central flight of stone steps to right end leading to first floor doorway, boarded door, elliptical head; stone voussoirs. Ground floor window to left end.
Three first floor windows to rear, 16-pane horned sashes; heads as front. Wide low ground floor 8-pane window, similar head.
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Reason for designation
Important village building in attractive setting.
Nearby in the register
- Schoolroom in grounds of St Sawel's ChurchEducationunder 1 mi
- Pont MelindwrTransportunder 1 mi
- St Sawel Parish ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box outside Village HallCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.