Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Llanarthney National School
Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanarthney village, Carmarthen, Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 May 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1999
- Locality
- Llanarthney village
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Llanarthney
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.86134, -4.13089
- Cadw reference
- 21740
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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 · 230 Ammanford (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In Llanarthney village, at the road corner opposite to the Golden Grove Arms Hotel.
History
A National School, belonging to the Parish Church, built in 1856. It remained in use as the village primary school until superceded by the present school in 1958. It is now a parish hall.
Exterior
Single-storey school building in local sandstone with slate roof. The front and the right gable are built in ashlar in graded courses, elsewhere the masonry is uncoursed and hammer-dressed. The roof has a slight projection at eaves and verges. The front elevation (towards the yard) consists of three windows, each of three lights, with a flat arch head and a Tudor label-mould. Each light is of two panes, with a four-centred head. Sandstone sills. At the left is a low-roofed later porch partly in randomly coursed ashlar, boldly projecting. It has a boarded door beneath a straight-sided pointed arch. Each gable end has a tall window of two lights with a four-centred arch and a label mould. Rendered C20 extensions at rear. One small original iron gate survives at the rear.
Reason for designation
Listed as a mid-C19 school, retaining its original character and detailing substantially intact.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone opposite to Llanarthney ChurchTransportunder 1 mi
- Lychgate of St David's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of St David (also known as Church of St Arthneu or St Arthney).Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Old SmithyIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.