Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9668
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/09/1986
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
Ball Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Laugharne Township
Town
Locality
Easting
230190
Northing
210475
Street Side
Location
Beside the foreshore facing NE; below Gosport House.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Former warehouse dating from the period when Laugharne was a commercial port, name derives from its subsequent use as a ball court.
Possibly the storehouse described in 1925 as "in complete ruin".
Exterior
Mid C19 (not on 1834 survey map but listed on 1842 Tithe Map as store house). Ruined 4-storey, 5-bay rubble structure long since disused. Right hand bay advanced and gabled formerly with lower pitched roof forward extension (as shown on modern OS map). Brick voussoir lintels to square headed openings.
Prominent structure in the general views of Laugharne foreshore.
Interior
Reason for designation
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