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
26739
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
08/07/2002
Date of Amendment
08/07/2002
Name of Property
Knightsford Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Newchurch and Merthyr
Town
Carmarthen
Locality
Newchurch
Easting
238964
Northing
224798
Street Side
Location
Near a junction of minor roads some 800m NE of the Church of St Michael at Newchurch.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Farmhouse probably of the earlier C19. Marked on the Newchurch Tithe map of 1847 as part of the Rhydy marchog estate of 105 acres (42.5 hectares) owned by Louisa Bowes Morgan and occupied by Thomas Rees.
Exterior
Farmhouse, white-painted roughcast or render, with close-eaved slate hipped roof and rendered end stacks. Two-storey, 4-window front of small 4-pane sashes above, and C20 French windows below, apart from 4-pane sash in second bay. Rendered right end wall. Rear has hipped stair tower set to left with small-paned Gothic stair light. Outshut each side, small section to left has one ground floor casement. Two-storey range to right has renewed 12-pane horned sashes, 2 square sashes to upper floor left and right, 2 to ground floor right and centre, door to left. A C20 link to single-storey cottage range , possibly the original house on site, with C20 small ridge stack. Cottage has 2 double fronted sections with C20 casements each side of doors, the stack between the two.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included for its architectural interest as an earlier C19 house with unusual Gothic stair window.
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