The Limes (including front railings), Llangadog, Carmarthenshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9379 / 51°56'16"N

Longitude: -3.8827 / 3°52'57"W

OS Eastings: 270672

OS Northings: 228275

OS Grid: SN706282

Mapcode National: GBR Y0.N5JX

Mapcode Global: VH4HS.NK77

Plus Code: 9C3RW4Q8+5W

Entry Name: The Limes (including front railings)

Listing Date: 8 July 1966

Last Amended: 19 July 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 10941

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300010941

Location: Situated in centre of the village, facing down Church Street.

County: Carmarthenshire

Town: Llangadog

Community: Llangadog

Built-Up Area: Llangadog

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

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History

Late C18 or early C19 town house, possibly that marked on 1839 Tithe Map as owned by James Thomas, but vacant. Said to have been the birthplace of Charles Thomas JP, (1821-1909) Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.

Exterior

Town house, double-pile, roughcast with slate close-eaved valley roof and four big end-gable roughcast stacks. Three-storey, 3-window front with central entrance in earlier C19 timber classical porch with 2 Roman Doric columns, pilaster responds, entablature and cornice with paired brackets. Panelled reveals, 8-panel door and traceried fanlight with metal festoons and leaves. Limestone step in porch, slate step in doorway. Later C19 canted bay window each side. First floor horned 12-pane sashes with sill band and attic tilting 9-pane square windows. Attached each side of porch is length of fine wrought iron rails with scrolled spearheads on top rail and lozenge row at mid height. Rock faced limestone curb.
Whitewashed stone rear wall, one 6-pane upper window with stone voussoirs.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of a late Georgian town house, one of a series in the centre of the village.

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II Outbuildings to rear of Red Lion
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II Rose Cottage
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II Nythfa
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II* Church House
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The Limes (including front railings)

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire