Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19236
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/01/1998
Date of Amendment
20/01/1998
Name of Property
Castell
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Cynwyl Gaeo
Town
Caeo
Locality
Crugybar
Easting
266719
Northing
238443
Street Side
Location
On S side of minor road about 2km SSW of Caio church, about 700m to E of junction of B4302 and A482.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably early-to-mid C19
Exterior
House. Single-storey. Corrugated roof covering; end chimney stacks. Roughcast symmetrical front, with central doorway (C20 panelled door), square 4-pane window to each side (shallow moulded hoods over openings). Sides and rear in rubble (painted). To L, former byre under corrugated sheet roof; end doorway. Small corrugated lean-to (R). Rear has full width stone outshut with slated and felted roof.
Interior
Said to have 2 rooms with kitchen in outshut; hardboard ceilings, boarded walls. Some lath and plaster visible. Victorian cast iron fireplaces, boarded doors.
Byre said to have exposed collared roof trusses; extensive areas of straw thatch mixed with gorse. Intermediate loft floor supported on beams with wide floor boards. Crude timber planked partition.
Reason for designation
A building in local vernacular tradition, retaining much overall character.
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