Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Osbourne House, 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
- 51.77024, -4.39191
- Cadw reference
- 27064
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
Midway along Church Street, on the E side, the house is immediately S of, and attached to Cyncoed.
History
C19 terraced house, a mirrored pair with Cyncoed to left. The building is marked on the 1840 tithe map.
Exterior
Terraced house, a pair with Cyncoed to N. Two storey, 2-window facade in unpainted stucco. Pitched, slate roof with red brick end stack to S and painted timber eaves board. First floor has 12-pane timber sashes with slate sills. Ground floor has, to left, deeply-recessed timber door with small rectangular overlight, and slate step. To right is 3-sided canted bay window with dwarf stucco rendered wall beneath continuous slate sill, 12-pane timber sash to front and 4-pane side-lights. Cornice and flat leaded roof.
Small, square forecourt has rendered dwarf wall with locally-made wrought iron railings. Rails have outsize scrolls set between two horizontal bars, with the upper bar carrying small spearheads flanked by miniature scrolls.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for special architectural interest as one of a pair of well-detailed C19 townhouses.
Nearby in the register
- Cyncoed, 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.