Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross House Stores
St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St Clears, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 11 June 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 11 June 2001
- Locality
- St Clears
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- St. Clears
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.81368, -4.49577
- Cadw reference
- 25473
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 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 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On E side of High Street, immediately N of lychgate to churchyard.
History
Mid to later C19 village house with later C19 shopfront, attached to Cross House, which is of earlier date.
Exterior
Shop premises, 2-storey, 3-window range, in painted stucco with slate roof and one red brick stack to L gable end. Ground floor has projecting, painted timber shop-front to L and centre bays, with later C20 glazed timber door to centre recess, flanked by large 3-light shop-windows, with boarding above, painted to match frames and unadorned sign board. Raised end pilasters and projecting fascia right across. Late C20 garage door to R bay. Upper floor has 4-pane sashes with raised stucco surrounds and hoods. Decorative scrolled bargeboard to L, plain to R. R stack removed.
Interior
Shop interior altered save for boarded floor and pair of painted cast iron columns flanking entrance, both inscribed "Bright and Garrard, Carmarthen".
Reason for designation
Included as a rare local survival of a traditional shop frontage, of group value with Cross house adjoining.
Nearby in the register
- Cross HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lychgate to the Parish Church, including wall to NMiscellaneousunder 1 mi
- The Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- The Butcher's Arms InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.