Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Stable and Cart-Shed at Glen Hir
Killay, Swansea, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Killay, Swansea, designated on 29 September 1999.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1999
- Locality
- Killay
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Killay
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.61901, -4.01061
- Cadw reference
- 22373
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located to the NE of the house. The N end faces the road and the front faces W.
History
The stable and cart-shed block is probably contemporary with the house, c1900-10, and is in a similar style. Two horses and 2 carts were originally kept here, but the cart-shed, at the S end, was converted to a garage later in the C20. An unusual detail is the insertion of a glass bottle into the apex of each ridge, said to be of champagne.
Exterior
Single-storey range with hay loft, roughcast under a hipped swept tiled roof. Glass bottle bases exposed in each ridge apex, lined with tiles on edge. Dentilled eaves. Roof dormer to front with hipped roof and tile-hung sides containing a half-lit planked door, above which is a hoist. Planked door to front, offset to L, with long strap hinges. Narrow 6-pane window to L and 2 to R. Wide planked garage door to S end, late C20.
Interior
The interior of the stable retains the 2 stalls. They are divided by a wooden partition which is surmounted by iron railings and with a large iron post at the W end. Concrete floor laid with drains. Timber lining. Wooden hatch to hay loft. The cart-shed is now a garage but originally housed 2 carts.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved former stable and cart-shed. Group value with Glen Hir.
Nearby in the register
- Glen HirDomesticunder 1 mi
- HendrefoilanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Stables at HendrefoilanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ynys Pit & LeatAqueductunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.