Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Corris, including front railings and gates
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1981
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85603, -4.31766
- Cadw reference
- 82150
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
Situated the third house W of lane to Picton Court/Llys Picton.
History
Late Georgian terraced house, mirrored pair with No.13, built c1830, Nos 13-14 marked on 1834 map as a single property. Building on Picton Terrace began after the erection of the Picton Monument 1825-8.
Exterior
Attached house, painted stucco with slate roof, moulded eaves cornice and brick stack shared with No 13. Three-storey 2-window range, upper floors with 16-pane sashes. Ground floor right semi-circular headed sash window with radiating glazing bars and marginal bars. Arched doorway to left with open pedimented doorcase, with reeded half-columns, console brackets to open pediment, panelled reveals and plain fanlight. Six-panel door with fielded panels. Good rainwater head to right.
In front of house front garden bounded by dwarf grey limestone walls with iron railings and uprights with scrolled arrow-headed finials rising alternately above top and middle rails. Similar double gate with top rail upswept.
Interior
Later C19 inner glazed door with etched glass. C19 dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and newels. 6-panel doors. Fluted ceiling border to front room with acanthus detail and elliptical arched wall recesses.
Reason for designation
Included as a late Georgian terraced house of considerable architectural quality, a pair with No 13; part of the fine/suburban late Georgian development of this street.
Nearby in the register
- Ty Clyd, including front railings and gatesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 15 including gate and railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 16 including railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle House, including railings and gatesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.