Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
52 King Street
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 28 November 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85692, -4.30532
- Cadw reference
- 82129
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)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated some 30m NE of junction with Jackson's Lane.
History
Commercial premises with 2 shops, similar to No 53 adjoining, which is refronting of C18 building, here externally C19 but also a refronting. No 52 occupied by D.C. Griffiths, gents mercer, in c1914 photograph, by D.L. Griffiths draper in 1926.
Exterior
Commercial premises, painted stucco street elevation with plain eaves cornice to flat or low pitched slate roof. Truncated chimney to left. Three storeys, 4 bays, plate glass sash windows to all upper floor windows. Two C20 shop fronts with house door between, under alteration to single shop 2002.
Interior
Three oak beams in ground floor front, otherwise altered with new stair.
Reason for designation
Included with No 53 for group value in continuous street frontage.
Nearby in the register
- No 51 including near-detached rear wingCommercialunder 1 mi
- 53-3a King StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 50 King StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 54 King StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.