Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
12/09/1996
Date of Amendment
12/09/1996
Name of Property
Funeral Car Tenement
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Locality
Cosheston Village
Location
At the N side of the main village street in Cosheston, about 50 m E of the crossroads. It is in a walled enclosure with steel gates in front, hung on stone gatepiers with steeply weathered copings.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Subscriptions were raised in 1895 for the construction of a tenement for the parish funeral car. Money was also donated by the Band of Hope and the funds were further augmented by the proceeds of a concert. From the receipts and expenditure account published at this time it appears a new funeral car was also purchased. From 1896 the building was vested in the Parish Council. The original cast-iron gates have been lost. The tenement was restored c.1980. In 1995 to mark its centenary it was again restored by the Community Council. It still houses the car.
Exterior
A single-room building about 3 m by 4 m, with its gable and doors facing S to the village street. Stone walls, rendered and painted. Slate roof with restored bargeboards and finial. Boarded double doors at front with small glazed panels, under a slightly pointed segmental brick arch. A small plaque in the gable records that the building was funded by voluntary contributions.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good, well-preserved example of a minor building type, remaining in its original use.
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