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
11926
Building Number
20  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
12/03/1992  
Date of Amendment
12/03/1992  
Name of Property
NO.20 MARKET STREET,,,,,DYFED,,11926  
Address
20 Market Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire  
Community
Llanelli  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
250836  
Northing
200406  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on corner of Market Street and Park Street.  

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
Circa 1915-20 large corner block of shops and offices by William Griffiths of Llanelli. English Baroque style, 3-storeys and attic with domed corner. Brown glazed brick piers to ground floor and upper floors in red brick with extensive dressings in matt grey faience, imitating stone. Slate roof and brick ridge stacks. Plain rear elevations are all in rubble stone. Eight-bay elevation to Market Street, divided 1-6-1 and 7 bays to Park Street, divided 2-4-1 and ornate corner north west angle bay with dome. Ground floor has channelled glazed piers between shopfronts and 2 narrower bays to Market Street with doors to upper offices. Grey faience caps with pendant labels between fascia panels, moulded cornice above. Upper floors have slightly projected flanking bays with channelled faience angle piers, moulded caps with pendant labels and fine overall moulded cornice with pulvinated frieze, broken forward over angle bays. Windows are linked vertically and are small-paned sashes in Queen Anne style. Those of plainer centre bays have shouldered architraves and cornices, those of the outer bays have pediments on brackets to first floor and cornices on brackets to second floor. Angle bay has wholly faience clad upper floors with canted 2-storey bay, main cornice carried around, broad front sashes, pedimented to first floor and with flat cornice to second floor and narrow lights to canted sides with plain cornices over. Attic floor has big lunettes over flanking bays, faience arches, cornice, coping and side piers, red brick walling and row of eaves breaking brick dormers between, segmental-headed with faience keystones and coping. Angle dome is in 2 stages, lower canted section with one window and 2 faience piers, then octagonal drum with scrolled faience angle buttresses, small square windows and leaded bell-cast dome with wood spike finial.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
An imposing early C20 commercial building.  

Group Description
Nos 20-26 (even) and 2-6 (even) Park Street (Exchange Buildings) Market Street (East side)  

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