Abbey Hotel

The Abbey Hotel is a house dating to around 1800. The name derives from its proximity to the remains traditionally associated with an abbey. The building was owned by the Jameson distilling family in the 1920s.

The house is constructed in the Gothick style and is two storeys with an attic. It has an irregular plan, with the main rooms positioned to take advantage of views of Carmarthen Bay. The appearance from the garden is intentionally picturesque, characterised by varying eaves, gables, and dormers. The main entrance, staircase, and kitchen are located at the rear of the building. The exterior walls are a combination of rendered surfaces and exposed limestone masonry, using random rubble construction with larger stones at the corners. The roof is slate, with tile ridges. The windows have ogee-headed lights arranged in groups of two, three or five, featuring casements or fixed lights with glazing bars and stone sills. Decorative carved bargeboards and finials are present. Chimneys are rendered. A rebuilt porch with five steps is centrally positioned on the garden front.

A former north wing kitchen has been converted into an extension of the dining room. A small courtyard at the rear (west) leads to a former outbuilding, now containing a swimming pool and formerly used as a bar. A Tudor-style gate marks the entrance to this courtyard. At the northeast corner of the house, a fragment of an old chimney has been preserved and is now used as a garden gateway.

The principal rooms include a drawing room to the south, a central lobby, and the dining room to the north. The drawing room features an Adam-style fireplace with Ionic colonettes and a fluted frieze, along with a fine decorative plaster ceiling with a central feature and a wide perimeter ornament. The central lobby contains built-in Gothick cupboards, and the interior joinery is generally in this style, even in smaller rooms. The fireplace in this room is believed to have been relocated from another location. Two full-height Tuscan columns frame the entrance to the porch and garden. The dining room boasts a fine late-Georgian chimneypiece with a large mirror.