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
11184
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/08/1993
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Dovecote at Edwinsford
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llansawel
Town
Locality
Edwinsford
Easting
262981
Northing
234781
Street Side
Location
Edwinsford is reached off the B4337 between Llansawel and Talley and is situated on the banks of the River Cothi which is the boundary between the two communities. The dovecote is on the opposite (N) side of the river to the mansion to the W of Ty Pe
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early/mid C18 estate building, formerly belonging to the Edwinsford estate. The derelict mansion was the ancient seat of the Williams family.
Exterior
Early/mid C18. Rubble built square-plan dovecote with pyramidal stone tiled roof and square plan timber cupola with round arched dove-holes, itself also having stone tiled roof as above. Wide soffits. Continuous stone perch-ledge below wall-plate. Boarded door to E; timber lintel.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with mansion and listed estate buildings
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