Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gorof Melyn
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 February 1999
- Locality
- Rhandirmwyn
- Town
- Llandovery
- Community
- Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.07790, -3.77366
- Cadw reference
- 21412
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 approximately 100m S of the crossroads in Rhandirmwyn village centre.
History
Cottage, probably earlier C19, marked on 1841 Tithe map as Gorof Melyn, owned by Lord Cawdor occupied by Elizabeth Hughes, with 51 acres (20.66 hectares) including the Queens Arms Inn (the present Post Office).
Exterior
Cottage, colourwashed rubble stone with slate roof and shortened N end stone stack (2 modern roof lights to rear pitch). Single storey with loft, double-fronted with large sash each side of door, timber lintels, sashes with marginal glazing bars, half-glazed door. Lean-to on S end with loft light over. SW corner of house is rounded.
Interior
Not accessible on resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of the smaller cottage of the region, of group value with the village pound.
Nearby in the register
- The PoundAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- 1 Pannau StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Pannau StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Pannau StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.