Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cyncoed, including area railings.
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 5 November 2002
- Locality
- Llansteffan
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Community
- Llansteffan
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.77028, -4.39192
- Cadw reference
- 27063
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
On the E side of Church Street, immediately N of and attached to Osbourne House
History
C19 terraced house, a mirrored pair with Osbourne House. A building is marked on the site on the 1840 tithe map.
Exterior
Terraced house, a mirrored pair with Osbourne House to right. Two storeys, 2-window range, in painted stucco, with slate roof, painted timber bargeboard and eaves board and red brick N end stack. First floor has two 12-pane timber sashes with slate sills and plain reveals. Ground floor has timber door with small rectangular overlight, deeply recessed to right, and 3-sided canted bay window to left. Bay has stucco wall beneath continuous slate sill, with 12-pane sash to front and narrow 4-pane glazing to canted sides, separated by wide timber frame. Cornice above with flat leaded roof.
To front of the building is a small square forecourt with rendered dwarf walls, and distinctive locally-made iron railings. Painted wrought iron rails have outsize scrolls between long horizontal bars, with small spearheads above top bar.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as one of a well-detailed C19 pair of townhouses.
Nearby in the register
- Osbourne House, including area railings.Domesticunder 1 mi
- Railings and area walls at Plas-y-Coed and Park Villa.Domesticunder 1 mi
- Plas-y-CoedDomesticunder 1 mi
- Park VillaDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.