Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Church Hall
Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 July 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 19 July 1999
- Locality
- Llangadog
- Town
- Llangadog
- Community
- Llangadog
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.93903, -3.88466
- Cadw reference
- 21998
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 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on NE side of road parallel to Church Street, set back in grounds with iron railings and stone gatepiers to road.
History
Former church school, dated 1861. Latterly used as church hall, disused and for sale 1998. Similarities in style with estate cottages suggest that it was built by the Danyrallt estate.
Exterior
Church hall, former school. Rendered rubble stone with grey tooled limestone dressings and slate roof of small slates. Gable finials each end and to porch, octagonal, corniced. Single storey, 4-window front with projecting gabled porch in third bay. Grey limestone plinth, quoins, rusticated window surrounds with hoodmoulds. Porch is limestone up to hoodmould over Tudor arched door, limestone quoins, rendered above hoodmould with stone square plaque, incised shield inscribed I.W.LL. 1861. Windows are large square-headed cross windows with thin bars. Framed plank door, bargeboards to gables.
Render has fallen away in parts revealing coursed squared multi-coloured stone that probably was originally exposed. Rendered right end wall and single storey rear wing.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of a Victorian church school building with Tudor detail.
Nearby in the register
- Railings, piers and gates to former Church HallMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Penrhyn HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- BrodawelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwyn-yr-adarDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.