Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
81932
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/10/2003
Date of Amendment
22/10/2003
Name of Property
Lodge at former Bishops Palace (Carmarthenshire County Museum)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Abergwili
Town
Locality
Abergwili
Easting
244038
Northing
221035
Street Side
S
Location
On the N side of the former Bishop's Palace, with its back to High Street.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
The Bishops Palace was founded by Bishop Barlow of St Davids, appointed in 1536. The palace was substantially rebuilt in Elizabethan style by Bishop Jenkinson (1825-40) but was mostly destroyed by a fire in 1902. It was rebuilt in 1903-7 and remained an episcopal residence until 1972, since when it has been converted to a museum. The lodge was built in the mid C19 and is first shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A picturesque-style single-storey lodge of pebble-dashed walls, and slate roof with central pebble-dashed stack with 2 octagonal shafts. The roof is hipped to the polygonal front, and carried on wooden posts, while the rear is half-hipped and has trefoiled barge boards. Windows have latticework glazing bars and simple hood moulds. The front has a central 3-light window, with blind windows to the adjacent cants. Futher L is a 2-light window and then a door with diagonal boarding. On the R side is an added brick porch with boarded door. Towards the rear, where the wall is stepped out to the eaves line on both sides, is a 2-light window on the R side and single-light window to the L.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small, largely unaltered picturesque style lodge and for its contribution to the architectural setting of the former Bishop's Palace.
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