Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Railings, gates and gatepiers to St John's Church
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1981
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85955, -4.30012
- Cadw reference
- 9545
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated along N and W sides of churchyard to church of St John.
History
Iron railings of 1893 to Church of St John, the gatepiers and standards marked as made by T. Jones and Son, Priory Foundry, Carmarthen. Railings are similar to those outside Heol Awst chapel, Lammas Street (gatepiers there marked Old Foundry, Carmarthen) and former Welsh Wesleyan chapel John Street (there marked W. Isaac & Sons).
Exterior
Iron railings with conical lance-head finials and low bottom rail with intermediate bars and smaller finials, on limestone coping. Double gates of similar design between large panelled cast-iron gate posts with cornice caps and tall ringed shaft finials with scroll supports and urn tops. Piers are marked T Jones and Sons, Priory Foundry, Carmarthen, Eglwys St Ioan, and St John's Church.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of local iron work and for group value with St. John's Church.
Nearby in the register
- Eglwys Sant Ioan/Church of St JohnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Priory Street School with walls and railingsEducationunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates and rails to Penuel Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Penuel Baptist Chapel and attached schoolroomReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.