Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
11873
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1966
Date of Amendment
25/11/2003
Name of Property
Animal Pound at Pembrey Church
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Pembrey and Burry Port Town
Town
Locality
Pembrey
Easting
242824
Northing
201208
Street Side
E
Location
On the SW side of the churchyard.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
An C18 or early C19 ffald, of a type familiar in Carmarthenshire churchyards, shown on the 1839 Tithe map. During World War II it was adapted as an air raid shelter by covering it with a concrete roof and a banking of earth against the outside of the wall and over the roof.
Exterior
A circular pound partly attached to the churchyard wall, of rubble stone with larger copings, and up to 1.9m high on the S side where the ground level is lower. It has a single opening on the S side.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed primarily for its contribution to the historic context of the church.
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