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
11121
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/10/1972
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Stone Spheres at Entrance to Plâs Llandybie
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llandybie
Town
Ammanford
Locality
Llandybie village
Easting
261871
Northing
215462
Street Side
S
Location
At the entrance to the village-centre site of the former Plâs. About 30m west of Llandybie bridge, at south side of street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The Plâs was reported by the Royal Commission as a house of the late C16; it was demolished in the 1960s. The plain stone spheres of the entrance gateway survive; perhaps C18. The piers upon which they stand have been rebuilt and the carriageway between them widened.
Exterior
Stone spheres, about 0.6m diameter, on piers of axe-dressed masonry.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as Georgian or earlier gateway ornaments.
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