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
18287
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
07/07/1975
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Clock Tower in Carmarthen Market
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Carmarthen
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Easting
241095
Northing
220215
Street Side
Location
Situated overlooking C20 square backing onto S front of market hall.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Clock tower of Carmarthen Market, 1846 by F.E.H. Fowler of London. The site was known as Parcyvelvet fields. Fowler's design was selected by competition, but the winning plans were revised to reduce cost. The whole complex cost £5,600. A large part was damaged by fire in 1929, rebuilt and then demolished again for a new market hall by J. Vergette of Percy Thomas Partnership in 1981, when the tower was restored. It is possible that the tower was intended to be stuccoed.
Exterior
Square tower of 2 storeys, brown rubble stone probably originally stuccoed, Italianate style, with arched openings, hipped slate roof and big square timber clock turret above. Low tower has battered angle piers to ground floor with arched window to N and S sides and arched door on W, all with ashlar impost and key blocks and stone sills. Double band above framing 3 inset panels (not on E). First floor triple arched feature on N, S and W sides, with brick arches, stone imposts and keys to 2 outer blank panels and centre small-paned sash windows. Stone impost band around, raised band under deep eaves cornice with close-spaced painted brackets under overhanging roof. Turret has short lowest stage with 2 small windows on each face, below clock stage with clock-face recessed in circular frame within square panel. Top wide over-hanging eaves with shaped brackets vent louvres between, under pyramid slate roof with ball finial and weather vane.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a characterful early Victorian clock tower in Italianate style, a significant relic of the C19 market.
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