Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Block W of former laundry, St David's Hospital
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85690, -4.33507
- Cadw reference
- 82144
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Situated some 100m W of chapel.
History
Former detached hospital block built c1890, to designs by E.V. Collier, as hospital for infectious diseases for the Joint Counties Asylum. Later used as detached wards, called Taf and Nevern, disused at time of resurey.
Exterior
Former infectious diseases hospital, rockfaced rubble stone with Bath stone dressings and slate roofs overhanging at eaves. Roughly H plan. Two-storey centre with single-storey wings and end wards. Centre has rebated angles and hipped roofs, 1-4-1 bays of 4-pane sashes in flush chamfered surrounds, with doors and overlights in outer bays of 4-bay part. C20 doors. Plinth, band and sill-course. Single-storey 3-bay wings link to L-plan ward blocks projecting forward of centre range. These have 2 parallel roofs, the inner one hipped over shorter range with long sash window to inner side and pair to S end looking into open lean-to porch/veranda in angle to longer outer range. Outer ranges are gable ended with overhanging eaves over hipped roofed canted bay with 1-2-1 long 12-pane sashes. Door in inner side wall, within veranda which has rendered stone pillars to 2 bay front. Outer side walls have sash windows and C20 flat roof addition.
Interior
Not accessible at time of resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included as part of the historic set of buildings of the former asylum.
Nearby in the register
- Former Laundry at Saint David's HospitalNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Chapel at St David's HospitalHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- St David's Hospital main building including walls to S gardensHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers, gates and railings to S of St David's HospitalCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.