Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 June 2004
- Date of amendment
- 29 March 2022
- Welsh name
- Pileri giât a rheiliau i Rif 1 Velindre
- Locality
- Llandovery
- Community
- Llandovery
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.99390, -3.78034
- Cadw reference
- 82879
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated about 1km E of Llandovery on S side of A40 on junction with lane to Myddfai.
History
Early C19 entrance gates and low railings to Velindre.
Exterior
Entrance gate piers, low retaining walls and low railings. Two grey stone ashlar gate piers with pyramid caps, then serpentine (double-curved) length of low retaining wall each side, cement-capped, carrying low wrought-iron railings with spearheads to rails and urn caps to stanchions. At each end are similar short lengths at right angles returned outward again at right angles for a short length, and then E side has a length running E along A 40 and W side has length returned at right angles again to run back down lane.
Reason for designation
Included as earlier C19 formal entrance piers and railings, of group value with No 1 Velindre.
Nearby in the register
- 1 VelindreNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 2 VelindreDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 VelindreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont FelindreTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.