Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
30/11/1966
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
Strand House
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Laugharne Township
Location
Beside the foreshore facing E, set back behind rubble walls and reached by driveway with iron gates.
History
U-plan early (C19 shown on 1834 survey map)
Exterior
Georgian 3 storey 3-window roughcast front with 1st floor cill band; slate roof, brick end chimney stacks. 9 and 12-pane sash glazing with later architraves; central arched entrance with open pedimented doorcase, pilasters and panelled reveals, 6 panel door and 5-pane fanlight.
Rubble gable ends and cross ranges; dressed quoins. Vertical joints, blocked openings and narrow windows relating to the period when this was a warehouse.
Rubble walled garden to rear entered to right through arched opening with keystone, inner arch acutely pointed with voussoirs and said to be dated. Cast-iron water pump to front garden.
Interior
Interior retains reeded architraves and cornices and contemporary staircase; the kitchen has a full height Georgian dresser made for the house.
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