Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefngarros
Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 2 August 1995
- Locality
- Cwrt y Cadno
- Community
- Cynwyl Gaeo
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.06415, -3.92632
- Cadw reference
- 16245
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at end of short track off Pumpsaint to Cwrt-y-cadno by-road, 1 km S of the latter.
History
Built c1845: not shown on present orientation on 1840 O.S map. House erected by Dolaucithi estate, who were redeveloping much of their property 1840-1850. The house is typical of several former Dolaucothi estate farmhouses in the area. Formerly renowned for nearby sulphur springs.
Exterior
Rubble-built. Slate roof, timber soffits and bargeboards. Renewed brick chimney-stack to ridge centre. Symmetrical 2-storey 3-window elevation, the centre bay projecting and gabled. All front windows are 2-light casements with cast-iron latticed glazing, slightly recessed cambered stone voussoired heads: flush keystones. Boarded central door, similar head. Datestone to gable is missing.
Whitewashed left end, C20 ground-floor window, cambered stone voussoired head. Rubble rear with ground floor window, similar head.
Later single storey rubble slate-roofed building to right end.
Interior
Single flight stair, stick balusters, square newels.
Reason for designation
Attractive early/mid C19 former estate cottage, the design probably influenced by architectural pattern-books.
Nearby in the register
- Roman Water Tank E of Brunant FarmWater Tankunder 1 mi
- BryntegDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn Range at BryntegAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cothi Roman AqueductAqueductunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.