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Castell

A Grade II Listed Building in Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0283 / 52°1'42"N

Longitude: -3.9441 / 3°56'38"W

OS Eastings: 266719

OS Northings: 238443

OS Grid: SN667384

Mapcode National: GBR DY.G8BW

Mapcode Global: VH4HC.L88X

Plus Code: 9C4R23H4+89

Entry Name: Castell

Listing Date: 20 January 1998

Last Amended: 20 January 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19236

Building Class: Domestic

Location: On S side of minor road about 2km SSW of Caio church, about 700m to E of junction of B4302 and A482.

County: Carmarthenshire

Town: Caeo

Community: Cynwyl Gaeo

Community: Cynwyl Gaeo

Locality: Crugybar

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

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History

Probably early-to-mid C19

Exterior

House. Single-storey. Corrugated roof covering; end chimney stacks. Roughcast symmetrical front, with central doorway (C20 panelled door), square 4-pane window to each side (shallow moulded hoods over openings). Sides and rear in rubble (painted). To L, former byre under corrugated sheet roof; end doorway. Small corrugated lean-to (R). Rear has full width stone outshut with slated and felted roof.

Interior

Said to have 2 rooms with kitchen in outshut; hardboard ceilings, boarded walls. Some lath and plaster visible. Victorian cast iron fireplaces, boarded doors.
Byre said to have exposed collared roof trusses; extensive areas of straw thatch mixed with gorse. Intermediate loft floor supported on beams with wide floor boards. Crude timber planked partition.

Reasons for Listing

A building in local vernacular tradition, retaining much overall character.

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