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Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre

A Grade II Listed Building in Llandovery (Llanymddyfri), Carmarthenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9939 / 51°59'38"N

Longitude: -3.7803 / 3°46'49"W

OS Eastings: 277860

OS Northings: 234325

OS Grid: SN778343

Mapcode National: GBR Y5.JDYF

Mapcode Global: VH5F3.F4BT

Plus Code: 9C3RX6V9+HV

Entry Name: Gatepiers and railings to No 1 Velindre

Listing Date: 18 June 2004

Last Amended: 29 March 2022

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 82879

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300082879

Location: Situated about 1km E of Llandovery on S side of A40 on junction with lane to Myddfai.

County: Carmarthenshire

Community: Llandovery (Llanymddyfri)

Community: Llandovery

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Tagged with: Pier

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History

Early C19 entrance gates and low railings to Velindre.

Exterior

Entrance gate piers, low retaining walls and low railings. Two grey stone ashlar gate piers with pyramid caps, then serpentine (double-curved) length of low retaining wall each side, cement-capped, carrying low wrought-iron railings with spearheads to rails and urn caps to stanchions. At each end are similar short lengths at right angles returned outward again at right angles for a short length, and then E side has a length running E along A 40 and W side has length returned at right angles again to run back down lane.

Reasons for Listing

Included as earlier C19 formal entrance piers and railings, of group value with No 1 Velindre.

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