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
22206
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/08/1999
Date of Amendment
27/08/1999
Name of Property
Golden Grove Garden Seat and Stairs
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel Aberbythych
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Golden Grove Park
Easting
259744
Northing
219814
Street Side
Location
Garden features on the entrance axis of the mansion, on the rising ground to the south.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably built at the end of the time of construction of the mansion, c1835. Contemporary drawings indicate terracing of the lawn at an early date.
Exterior
A garden seat at the head of a small slope in the lawn to the south of Golden Grove, with flights of stairs. There are three flights, corresponding to the terracing in the lawn. Each flight is of six steps, about 6m in width, between rounded kerbs.
At the top, on the same axis, is a half-round garden seat in limestone, with a narrower flight of six steps each side giving access to the garden beyond. Chamfered-edged seat on four brackets.
Interior
Reason for designation
A feature of the landscaping of the immediate environs of Golden Grove, contemporary with the house.
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