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
9502
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1981
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003
Name of Property
Millbank Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Carmarthen
Town
JOHNSTOWN
Locality
Easting
239471
Northing
219522
Street Side
Location
Situated approximately 500m SE of junction with St Clears Road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Suburban house perhaps originally a farmhouse or minor gentry house of late C18 or earlier C19. The 1837 tithe map has a Mill Brook owned by the Rev James Owen, his wife and Elizabeth Walters, occupied by John Barnfield, and a Mill Bank owned by the same occupied by James Mortimer with tanyard. In 1926 Millbank Villa is listed as occupied by the Misses Irving. Heavily altered since 1981.
Exterior
Substantial detached house, whitewashed roughcast with stucco dressings. Two storeys, 2 parallel ranges, the rear range lower and narrower. Slate gabled valley roof with bracketed eaves and one remaining stuccoed stack to left. Two-storey front divided three main bays to left, one to right, all windows replaced in uPVC since 1981 including 2 canted bay windows to ground floor each side of porch which has 2 round posts and flat roof. C20 half-glazed uPVC door. Raised stucco angle quoins, plinth and surrounds to windows. Lion head mask each end under eaves. Added lean-to at left end with C20 window.
Windowless right gable end, missing chimney. Rear range gable end adjoining has C20 uPVC window in first floor centre and ground floor left and C20 porch with half-glazed door to right. Rear of rear range has C20 windows in first floor and attached single-storey outhouse to left.
Since 1981 one end chimney has gone, and all the front windows which were casements with four-centred Tudor-arched lights. The 2 canted bays had Tudor-arched lights with sunk spandrels. The porch was Tuscan-columned and the door had Tudor-arched upper panels to 4-panel door with C19 knocker.
Interior
Reason for designation
Retained on list notwithstanding alterations as late C18 or early C19 minor gentry house.
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