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Arcade House

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 May 1981.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Arcade House, Carmarthen, 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
Commercial
Date of designation
19 May 1981
Community
Carmarthen
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.85636, -4.31226
Cadw reference
9485

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated on street line approximately 60m E of junction with Morfa Lane.

History

Terraced house, C19 marked on 1834 map, possibly a public house formerly known at different times as The Old Queen's Arms and The Milford Arms, (but Milford Arms was at No 87 in 1926). Occupied in 1926 by J. Coney shopkeeper.

Exterior

Terraced house, painted stucco, with imitation slate gabled roof and rebuilt red brick stack to right end, taller shaft in front of ridge. Two-storey, 3-window range, offset to left, upper floor with plate glass sash windows. Ground floor with similar though larger window to left of central doorway and to right 4-pane shop window with dentil cornice on carved scrolled brackets. Single step up to door with narrow plain overlight. Plain painted surround with 'Arcade House' in raised letters, painted plinth.
Left end stack of 1981 listing no longer extant, and some detail lost as list describes stuccoed architrave to door. All windows and door renewed.

Interior

Not available for inspection.

Reason for designation

Included as a C19 terraced house, possibly of early C19 origins, later C19 shop window.

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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