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.
Date of Designation
07/06/2001
Date of Amendment
07/06/2001
Name of Property
Cwmbach County Primary School
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
Situated near the centre of Cwmbach village some 50m SW of the bridge over the Afon Sien.
History
Primary school of 1867, enlarged as Board School in 1877 by George Morgan.
Exterior
School, rubble stone with slate roofs, brick left end stack. Basement and single storey. Three pointed windows with red brick heads and stone keystones to road front, casement pair windows with intersecting glazing bars in pointed heads, cemented jambs, slate sills. Basement has square opening with boarded window to left, 2 doors and barred window. Right end wall has similar pointed window with coloured glass in pointed head, over 12 panes, the top 4 hinged.
Added rear wing has 4 windows with cambered brick heads; the 20-pane windows have hinged upper 4-pane section. Slate sills. Four basement openings beneath. End wall is rendered over lean-to porch with outside steps up to segmental-pointed headed doorway. Two small windows on end wall, with brick heads. Left end of main range has segmental pointed window with brick head.
Reason for designation
Included as a little-altered C19 primary school building, of group value with the chapel adjoining.
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