Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
04/12/2000
Date of Amendment
04/12/2000
Name of Property
Front garden walls and gatepiers at the Great House
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Location
Situated to the front and E of Great House. The house is some 200m S of the junction of the B4314 and a minor road to Marros.
History
Front garden walls and gates, probably early C18, to the Great House, a gentry house of the C17.
Exterior
Whitewashed rubble stone garden walls on 3 sides of farmhouse front garden. Blocked opening in N side wall, slightly lower S wall with opening. Chamfered NE corner.
Ornate centre entry with walls set back in short quadrant curves to very large rubble stone piers with corniced caps and big ball finials on concave pyramid bases. Inner face of each pier has raised stone gate stop.
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual formal front garden enclosure with massive gate piers.
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