Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railings and area walls at Plas-y-Coed and Park Villa.
Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llansteffan, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 5 November 2002.
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, -4.39218
- Cadw reference
- 27067
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)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at the side of the pavement on the W side of Church Street, E of Plas-Y-Coed and Park Villa.
History
Rubble stone wall with wrought iron scroll railings probably of c1874, when the two houses were built.
Exterior
Rubble stone area wall with decorative wrought iron railings, locally made, and of distinctive character. Probably of 1874, with later end-piers. Whitewashed low stone wall with slate coping, stepped forming two levels - lower to N, running in a continuous line N-S along the street line, in front of gardens of Plas-y-Coed and Park Villa. Gaps for entrances to both properties, evenly spaced, with stone walling flanking stone steps. Distinctive locally-produced railings with outsize scrolls between 2 horizontal bars. Upper bars carry small spearheads, alternately with double miniature scrolls - inverted to outer scrolls. Tall squared stuccoed end-piers with projecting cornice and pyramidal quartz rubble caps. Piers a later addition - N pier dated ''1922''.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of the distinctive and unusual wrought-iron railings once common in Llansteffan, and locally-produced. Also for group value with the two associated houses.
Nearby in the register
- Cyncoed, including area railings.Domesticunder 1 mi
- Osbourne House, including area railings.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.