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Castle House

Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, designated on 5 August 1991.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Castle House, Newcastle Emlyn, 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
Domestic
Date of designation
5 August 1991
Community
Newcastle Emlyn
Unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.03927, -4.46631
Cadw reference
9698

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated at western end of Castle Street, adjoining entry to St John's Court.

Exterior

Mid to later C19 house in coursed blue lias stone with slate eaves roof and stone end stacks. Two storeys, 3-window range, closely spaced. Paired painted timber brackets to eaves. Windows with sandstone voussoirs and slate sills, 3 large 16-pane cambered-headed sashes above, 2 tripartite 4-8-4-pane cambered-headed sashes below and centre door. Glazing bars lost from centre sash of ground floor right window. Door is in painted corniced doorcase with heavy brackets to cornice and incised panels to piers. Panelled reveals and C20 door with overlight.

Carved bargeboards to end gables, rendered W wall and long NE rear wing.
Marked on 1889 OS map.a

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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