Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
6 Castle Street
Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 July 1998
- Locality
- Kidwelly/Cydweli
- Town
- Kidwelly
- Community
- Kidwelly
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.73880, -4.30731
- Cadw reference
- 20189
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of Castle Street, just E of former Castle School.
History
House, now shop, probably C18 on older core, the site being part of the medieval town of Kidwelly. Much restored 1989-90. Marked on O.S. as No 1.
Exterior
Whitewashed rubble stone with imitation stone tile roof (formerly corrugated-iron over thatch), and no stacks. Two-storey, three-window range of C20 imitation medieval windows with timber lintels. Three upper windows formerly horned sashes. Ground floor windows reconstructed to replace mid C20 metal windows: two smaller windows to left (outer one aligned with window above), centre 1989 neo-Tudor door with timber lintel, one window to right. Rear has one long centre window. Three square recesses in left end wall.
Interior
Oak lintel fireplace ground floor right. Roof has preserved sections of former thatch and four oak collar-trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed as a house now shop of C18 on older core, with preserved thatch and trusses.
Nearby in the register
- Castle School and School houseEducationunder 1 mi
- Kidwelly Town Gate & DefencesGatehouseunder 1 mi
- The Old Moat HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Town GateDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.