Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty'r Ysgol
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhandirmwyn, Llandovery, Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, Carmarthenshire, designated on 25 February 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 25 February 1999
- Locality
- Rhandirmwyn
- Town
- Llandovery
- Community
- Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.08109, -3.77940
- Cadw reference
- 21415
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated approximately 450m NE of the crossroads at the centre of Rhandirmwyn.
History
Former schoolroom and school-house, now house, of 1858-60, possibly built by the Cawdor estate. Windows altered 1894. The school closed in 1969. Said originally to have had iron latticed windows instead of the present timber ones.
Exterior
Rubble stone with slate roofs, projected at gables. Schoolroom to left is single storey with central tall wall-face stone chimney, large window each side of 3-lights with top-lights and small panes and a similar single light close to right of chimney. Gabled porch at extreme right, in angle to schoolhouse, with pointed doorway, stone voussoirs, plank door and Gothic fanlight. Other schoolroom entry was in N end wall, plain door with stone voussoirs. Rear of schoolroom has 4 similar 3-light windows.
Former schoolhouse to S has big projecting W gable with N side wall roughcast stack. Two storeys, long 2-light windows with top-lights and small panes, stone vousoirs and stone sills. Gable has one window each floor, lower window longer, similar single-light window on S side and roughcast lean-to porch in angle to gabled S wing which has windows as in W gable. Porch is probably added, inner door is half-glazed.
Interior
Not accessible on resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as good example of a Victorian school and school-house.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St BarnabasReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Capel SalemReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 8 Pannau StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Pannau StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.