Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Knightsford Farm
Newchurch and Merthyr, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 8 July 2002
- Locality
- Newchurch
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Newchurch and Merthyr
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.89839, -4.34193
- Cadw reference
- 26739
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Near a junction of minor roads some 800m NE of the Church of St Michael at Newchurch.
History
Farmhouse probably of the earlier C19. Marked on the Newchurch Tithe map of 1847 as part of the Rhydy marchog estate of 105 acres (42.5 hectares) owned by Louisa Bowes Morgan and occupied by Thomas Rees.
Exterior
Farmhouse, white-painted roughcast or render, with close-eaved slate hipped roof and rendered end stacks. Two-storey, 4-window front of small 4-pane sashes above, and C20 French windows below, apart from 4-pane sash in second bay. Rendered right end wall. Rear has hipped stair tower set to left with small-paned Gothic stair light. Outshut each side, small section to left has one ground floor casement. Two-storey range to right has renewed 12-pane horned sashes, 2 square sashes to upper floor left and right, 2 to ground floor right and centre, door to left. A C20 link to single-storey cottage range , possibly the original house on site, with C20 small ridge stack. Cottage has 2 double fronted sections with C20 casements each side of doors, the stack between the two.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included for its architectural interest as an earlier C19 house with unusual Gothic stair window.
Nearby in the register
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- Garn-Fawr Castle MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Bwlchnewydd Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.