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
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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