Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castle Antiques
Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales
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
- 52.03899, -4.46659
- Cadw reference
- 9708
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 on street line at end of terrace row facing over rear court of Market Buildings. Also known as Foelallt View. Terraced row is commonly known as Market Street, but marked as Market Square on OS.
History
C17 or early C18 origins, remodelled C19.
Exterior
House with painted roughcast front, slate roof, brick stack to left and shared stone stack to right. Two-storey 3-window front of C20 6-pane windows, slate sills and centre half-glazed door with overlight, in raised stucco surround.
Interior
Interior has heavy beamed 5-bay ceiling with chamfered main beams, stopped at one end only, indicating that they are possibly reused. Chamfered joists. At N end, a large inglenook fireplace with heavily blackened timber lintel set immediately behind one of the main beams. Central early C19 small staircase. Upstairs rooms have corresponding beams of much smaller size.
Reason for designation
Group value
Nearby in the register
- Golwg Yr AfonCommercialunder 1 mi
- Town Hall & Market BuildingsCivilunder 1 mi
- Bank HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castle HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.