Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No 1 Speedwell Court
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, designated on 19 May 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 1981
- Community
- Carmarthen
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85633, -4.31247
- Cadw reference
- 9591
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 behind No 97 Lammas Street and accessed through passageway.
History
One of a pair of backland houses possibly of early C19 origins. Much altered since 1981 when they were described as whitewashed rubble stone, with inner window bay and outer door bay, glazing-bar sash windows, and ledged doors.
Exterior
Paired house, unpainted roughcast, with slate roof and shared, renewed brick stack at right. Two-storey, 2-window range, upper floor with C20 metal windows, smaller to left, and ground floor C20 door to left under rear canopy of through-passage and 4-pane sash to right .
Interior
In 1981 said to have exposed ceiling joists.
Reason for designation
Included despite alterations as part of one of the town's remaining C19 courtyard groups.
Nearby in the register
- 97 Lammas StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 2 Speedwell CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- 96 Lammas StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 1 Thomas CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.