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.
Date of Designation
14/03/1966
Date of Amendment
24/06/1991
Name of Property
The Cawdor Arms Hotel
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
Prominent on the street line.
History
Ca l845. Hotel on the site of the old Bear Inn.
Exterior
3 storeys, 5 window building. Colourwashed plastered front on rubble. Slate roof, moulded eaves cornice. Rendered stacks.
Outer, l window, bays advanced slightly to 2nd floor. 9 pane (6 over 3) sash windows. Tripartite sash to centre, 9 pane sash with narrow side sashes. Continuous sill band.
Outer bays of lst and ground floor have advanced 2 storey polygonal bay windows. Tall l8 pane sash windows to lst floor, sill band. 12 pane sashes to ground floor. Tripartite sash to centre of lst floor; tall l8 pane sash window (top panes latticed coloured glass) with narrow side sashes. l8 pane sashes flanking. Modern ironwork balcony with flagpoles carried on original Doric colums with similar pilasters to ends. Entablature lost. 12 pane sashes flank central doorway. Unsympathetic modern entrance.
Original railings, principal rods with urn finials, to forecourt between advanced bays.
Later crenellated extension to right not included.
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