Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Outside toilet at Dan-y-graig
Meidrim, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Drefach, Carmarthen, Meidrim, Carmarthenshire, designated on 25 November 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 November 1997
- Locality
- Drefach
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Meidrim
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86687, -4.47328
- Cadw reference
- 19094
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)
- 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 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated to south of and slightly below the house which is approximately 1km north of B4298 at Drefach near Meidrim. Reached via a sloping path partly screened by a rubble wall.
History
Mid to later C19 2-seater outside toilet, built into bank and sited over stream.
Exterior
Outside toilet, whitewashed brick with gabled slate roof, the E end built into bank. Door in N wall set to left with brick head. Small-paned window in W end wall.
Interior
Whitewashed brick with quarry-tile floor. Seat at W end with pair of openings, one large and one small. Rectangular box at one end for moss or paper.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Dan-y-graig as a well-preserved example of this building type.
Nearby in the register
- Dan-y-GraigDomesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding on S side of yard at Dan-y-graigAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Outbuilding on N side of yard at Dan-y-graigAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Smithy at DanyrhiwIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.