Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
9650
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
Great House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Laugharne Township
Town
Locality
Easting
230150
Northing
211061
Street Side
Location
At the end of a continuous row of frontages, stepped up from the Vicarage.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Early C18 Georgian structure of double-pile plan; some later alterations. 2-storey, basement and attic 5-2window pebbledash front with plinth. Steep slate roofs, moulded eaves cornice and brick chimney stacks, original to left with recessed panelling. Central pediment with pointed 3-light attic window; 12-pane early C19 sash windows below. Exceptional central late Baroque doorcase, broad bracket cornice, foliage entablature and Corinthian reeded pilasters; later 4-panel door and fanlight. Plain pebbledash right end, 2-light windows. Ground falls away, elevating rear on terrace above garden with rubble revetment wall. Irregularly spaced windows of various types; voussoir lintels. Pitched roof rubble 2-storey structure extends W retaining chimney stack; formerly the servants hall but now in poor condition.
Formerly housed a museum which included the Benjamin West painting now in the Church.
Undergoing restoration at time of inspection (January 1986).
Interior
Interior plan is of central stair-passage type, retaining entrance hall with panelled doors to front panelled rooms; to right cornice advances over panel borders and cockle shell niches. Semicircular arch leads to fine early C18 dog-leg staircase with fluted banisters, moulded handrail and foliage ornament to tread ends. 1st floor landing with twin semicircular arches dividing front and rear piles; keystones and panelled soffits. Deep wall panelling, cornices, panelled shutters and doors. Original 7-bay roof retained with pegged timbers, some later accommodation alterations.
Reason for designation
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