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
22174
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Garden Wall of the Former Mansion
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Golden Grove Park
Easting
259799
Northing
220336
Street Side
Location
Near the site of the old Golden Grove mansion, about 300m south of the North Lodge, extending from near Garden Cottage to near Eagle Lodge
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably late C18, contemporary with the second Golden Grove mansion of the Vaughan family (which was built c1755). The wall runs east and south-east from the site of mansion to near the old line of the turnpike road, and formed the north side of the gardens.
Exterior
Part rubble masonry, part brickwork wall approximately 4-5m in height as surviving, about 0.6m in thickness. A gateway (dated 1854) has been formed at the west end for access to Garden Cottage.
Interior
Reason for designation
The last substantial survival of the environs of the Golden Grove of the Vaughan era.
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