Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9569
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/05/1981
Date of Amendment
28/11/2003
Name of Property
NO.2 QUEEN STREET,,,,,DYFED,,9569
Address
2 Queen Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Carmarthen
Town
Locality
Easting
241367
Northing
220028
Street Side
Location
Situated approximately 5m NW of junction with Spilman Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably later C18 or early C19 house with later C19 shop front built as a pair with no 3. Deeds said to go back to 1805. Marked on 1834 map. Occupied in 2002 by Carmarthen Books, antiquarian books.
Exterior
House with shop in informal terrace, painted stucco, slate roof with paired bracketed eaves and stuccoed stack at right end. Three storeys, 2 upper floors with a single 12-pane sash to right of centre and ground floor with doorway to left and C19 shop window to right. Overall late C20 timber shelf cornice on 4 console brackets. Shop window similar to that on No 18, of 4 lights with transom and cast-iron spandrel brackets. Coloured glass in spandrels. Window and doorway both have plain stucco surrounds. Two stuccoed steps up to 6-panel door, top 2 panels glazed. Raised plinth. Fluted rainwater-head, possibly early C19.
In 1981 doorway had cornice on fluted and scrolled consoles. Casing of shop-window may also have been simplified.
Interior
Earlier C19 narrow stair from first floor to attic. Pine roof-truss in attic.
Reason for designation
Included as a late Georgian house with good simple mid C19 shopfront.
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