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
11901
Building Number
24
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
12/03/1992
Date of Amendment
12/03/1992
Name of Property
24 Cowell Street
Address
24 Cowell Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanelli
Town
Locality
Easting
250625
Northing
200301
Street Side
Location
Situated in terraced group on curved corner of Stepney Street and Cowell Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
1890 former banking premises by Wilson and Moxham of Swansea. Ornate 'Queen Anne' style in red brick with extensive tile-hanging, plain-tile roofs with red brick stacks. Two and a half storeys, slightly cambered front with big off-centre overhanging gable.
Exterior
Ground floor is almost entirely destroyed to No 26 (the former South Wales Union Bank premises) but most of narrow shopfront to right (No 24) survives with pilaster piers and curved glass shopwindow. Former elliptical arch above may survive under C20 fascia. Old photographs show a highly ornate 2-bay centre with panelled piers, elliptical arched windows and moulded frieze, probably in glazed or semi-glazed tile. To right was shopfront, much as survives, and to left was matching narrower arched doorway to bank of which nothing survives.
Upper floors have centre piece of first floor oriel window set between centre pair of 4 very ornate carved timber brackets carrying carved and painted timber frieze, then tile-hung second floor and attic, each with 2 windows, coved plaster cornice over second floor and keyed roundel in attic gable. First floor is roughcast and oriel is of late C17 vernacular type, essentially a Venetian window but with top-lights to outer lights, and all with very small panes. This same window type is repeated on second floor but smaller and flush, while attic has small-paned casement pairs each with a double-curved pediment. Apex roundel had glazing bars and floral festoon decoration originally. Gable bargeboards and metal sunflower finial. Side bays are varied, the right bay has one window each floor similar to those on second floor of centre, coved eaves, and a small-paned flat dormer in roof, while narrow left bay has 2-storey canted oriel continued up to belvedere turret with octagonal tiled roof and sunflower finial. Oriel has small-paned windows with top-lights to 2 main floors, tile-hanging, and turret has arch-headed small-paned windows to 3 sides, moulded timber cornice and bell-cast steep tiled roof.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included despite damaged ground floor as unusual and fine example of 'Queen Anne' style.
Group Description
Nos 24 and 26 Cowell Street (East side)
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