Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre

Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, designated on 18 June 2004.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

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 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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