Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The vicarage
Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 5 August 1991
- Community
- Newcastle Emlyn
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.03631, -4.47248
- Cadw reference
- 9695
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated prominently above Cardigan Road, some 100m down un-named track running W from lane to Capel Iwan towards Cwm Sarah. Track joins Capel Iwan lane some 70m SW of Cardigan Road junction.
Exterior
Later C19 large vicarage in coursed blue lias stone with some limestone ashlar dressings and big slate hipped eaves roof. Painted brick ridge stacks on S, W and E ridges. Two storeys with main fronts to S and E, limestone ashlar plinth, and big roughcast coved eaves cornice with narrow ashlar string beneath. Three-window S front of 8-pane sashes and centre door. Lower windows with flush ashlar cambered heads, upper windows flat-headed, and door in large ashlar moulded and corniced architrave, the cornice projecting on carved brackets. Flush ashlar cambered relieving arch over cornice. Six-panel door with 2 glazed panels and large overlight.
E front has 4 similar upper windows, 3 similar ground floor windows and a large stone hipped-roofed canted bay to left with matching 8-pane window to front and narrow 4-pane windows to canted sides. Plain W side with stair-light. Rear roof has centre valley.
Marked on 1889 OS map.
Interior
Interior: spine hall with big timber dog-leg stair off to centre left and panelled SE room with small marble fireplace.
Reason for designation
Included as well-built example of substantial late C19 vicarage.
Nearby in the register
- Milepost behind No. 24, BlaenwernTransportunder 1 mi
- Emlyn Castle (All Kings Premises)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Pillar Box outside Midland BankCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Former Emlyn Grammer SchoolRecreationalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.