Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Eastern pair of lamp standards in Carmarthen Park
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
- Civil
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85585, -4.31422
- Cadw reference
- 82152
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 just inside main entrance on left side of roadway.
History
One of pair of cast-iron lampstands in Gothic style, marked as made by James Davies, Towy Works, Carmarthen, and presumably erected 1900 when park was opened. There is a suggestion that these lampstands were originally to Christ Church, Lammas Street.
Exterior
One of 2 cast iron lamp standards, painted black and white, on square concrete bases. Square section plinth, then shaft with chamfered angles and pierced panel each side with roundels, then square panel each side pierced with embellished quatrefoil, under 4 very short inset angle columns under pierced rosette each face and corbelled cap. Plain large lamp above may be C20 replacement. Plinths are marked James Davies, Carmarthen.
Reason for designation
Included as an ornate piece of late Victorian cast-iron park furniture. Part of a relatively complete urban park of C1900.
Nearby in the register
- Main gates and gatepiers to Carmarthen ParkCivilunder 1 mi
- Granite drinking fountain in Carmarthen ParkCivilunder 1 mi
- Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- PreseliNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.