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
82874
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/06/2004
Date of Amendment
18/06/2004
Name of Property
Court House
Address
20 Stone Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llandovery
Town
Locality
Easting
276748
Northing
234491
Street Side
W
Location
Situated in terraced row c30m N of Garden Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Terraced house probably of early C19 origins, the front of late Georgian proportions has later C19 large windows, probably a remodelling. Recorded as owned and occupied by Stephen Jones maltster in 1810 and 1836, tenanted by T Davies clockmaker in 1866. Owned in 1868-74 by Rees Augustus, auctioneer who named it Court Cottage, later Court House. Occupied by E B Nicholls in 1893.
Exterior
House in terrace row, lower than adjoining Nos 12-18, of 3 bays and 3 storeys with slate gabled roof without chimneys and with central gable over an enlarged upper window. Painted stucco facade with long and short quoins to left and right and plinth. Renewed marginally glazed horned sashes throughout: small square eaves windows to left and right on 2nd floor not precisely aligned over those below, all others taller and with vermiculated keys, and ground floor windows are wider. Central slightly recessed 4-panel door (lower panels flush, upper ones fielded) in doorcase of wooden panelled pilasters and double brackets supporting cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a stuccoed town house with late Georgian proportions and good later C19 fenestration.
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