Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
4 Piccadilly Square
Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 6 August 2001
- Locality
- Llanboidy
- Town
- Whitland
- Community
- Llanboidy
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.87957, -4.59340
- Cadw reference
- 25635
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
The fourth house of terrace of four on N side of square, about 70m up from churchyard.
History
Terraced house of a row of four, part of an unusual later C19 development for the Maesgwynne estate, comprising the terrace, a pair of semi-detached houses on the E side, and 2 detached houses. The architect was almost certainly George Morgan of Carmarthen, whom W.R.H. Powell employed elsewhere in the village at the time. W. R. H. Powell (1819-89) of Maesgwynne was a prominent improving landlord and sporting figure, MP for E. Carmarthenshire for about 20 years. He rebuilt much of the village of Llanboidy including the Maesgwynne Arms hotel, the church, the Market Hall, the School and many of the houses. Powell was a noted breeder of racehorses and hounds, master of fox-hounds for many years, and very large crowds came to meetings at the racecourse he laid out SW of the village.
Exterior
No 4 remains largely in original condition.
Reason for designation
Included despite alteration as part of a later C19 country estate housing development, rare in the region.
Nearby in the register
- 3 Piccadilly SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Piccadilly SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- LlwynonnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Row of outhouses behind Nos 1-4 Piccadilly SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.