Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ice house to Plas Ystrad, Coed y Plas
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Johnstown, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 28 November 2003.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 28 November 2003
- Locality
- Johnstown
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.84590, -4.32694
- Cadw reference
- 82162
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 in bank of woodland some 100m NW of Plas Ystrad.
History
Icehouse probably early C19 built for John Jones for whom Ystrad was rebuilt c1800-10, but possibly earlier. The house has mostly been demolished 2002, to be rebuilt in replica as flats.
Exterior
Icehouse, built into hillside with steps down to damaged brick-arched low door. Rendered segmental arched low tunnel to second door into circular dome-roofed brick ice-chamber.
Interior
Circular stone interior with fine stone domed roof.
Reason for designation
Included for special interest as a well-preserved Georgian ice-house.
Nearby in the register
- Former Lodge to Plas YstradDomesticunder 1 mi
- Millbank HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- White Bridge (The bascule railway bridge)Transportunder 1 mi
- White Bridge (The Bacule railway bridge)No class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.