9692

 

II*  

Designated  

05/08/1991  

05/08/1991  

The Bunch of Grapes Inn  

 

Carmarthenshire  

Newcastle Emlyn  

 

 

230874  

240748  

 

Situated at upper end of street, prominently canted to face towards bridge.  

Commercial  

 

Probably late C17 or early C18 substantial house, front altered in early C19.  

Colourwashed roughcast with steep-pitched slate roof and stone end-wall stacks. Large 2-storey, 3-window range of widely spaced 12-pane sashes with late C19 raised stucco labels and slate sills. Ground floor has larger sash to left, centre 4-panel door with arch-headed upper panels and blocked overlight and early to mid C20 5-pane bow-window to right. Ground floor windows not aligned with those above. SW rear wing, rendered with stone end stack.  

Interior: fine scarfed cruck oak roof of considerable scale extending for 5-bays on front range and a further 4 to rear. Pegged collars and double purlins. Full height dog-leg stair behind front range with heavy closed and pulvinated string, turned balusters and moulded thick rail. One 4-panel door at first floor level and others said to be covered over. Ground floor has heavy cross beams through front and rear ranges and large timber-lintel fireplace at rear of rear range. Altered fireplaces in front range, that to N has blank window recesses each side.  

A remarkable roof and staircase from a period when substantial town buildings are rare in west Wales, and of a quality exceptional in the region. Group value