Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Blue Bell Inn
Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, designated on 5 August 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 5 August 1991
- Community
- Newcastle Emlyn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.03916, -4.46718
- Cadw reference
- 9693
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 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (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 · 211 Newcastle Emlyn (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on street line at upper end of Bridge Street opposite the end of Castle Street.
Exterior
Mid C19 inn, whitewashed roughcast with slate roof and brick N end stack. Two storey 3-window range with raised cement labels over windows, similar to those on other buildings in Bridge Street; 4-pane sashes with slate sills. Centre double doors in timber open porch with tent roof. Between upper centre and right windows, timber inn sign with carved and painted bell.
Rubble stone rear wing.
Detached to N, though 1889 Ordnance Survey map shows projecting building between The Blue Bell and The Bunch of Grapes.
Reason for designation
Group value
Nearby in the register
- Former Victoria StoresDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Bunch of Grapes InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- Town Hall & Market BuildingsCivilunder 1 mi
- Bank HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.