Boundry Wall to Island House is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Boundary wall.

Boundry Wall to Island House

WRENN ID
rough-transept-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Boundry Wall to Island House, Laugharne Township
OS grid reference
SN 301 107
Coordinates
51.76929, -4.46294
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The boundary wall to Island House is a high wall that runs southwest towards the grist from the front gable-ended cross range, extending forward to the street, with the top courses bonded in. It features a slate coping or roof and a brick chimney stack. The wall then turns southeast and runs along the northeast side of the grist, where there is a modern opening to a modern house that is not of special interest. The wall curves back towards the castle, stepping down in front of the modern house and rising again at the end of the Island House garden. This section of the wall has a plaque that reads, "This wall was rebuilt by Maryabra Hughes Skyrme AD 1837."

At the northeast corner, the base of a cylindrical tower has been converted in the early 19th century to a gazebo, although it is now in poor condition. The wall then turns northwest along the River Coran to a rubble two-storey structure with a corrugated roof, which adjoins the ornamental gothic gate tower to Island House. This structure is now a garage but is said to have formerly contained living accommodation. It retains a pendant at the gable end, with freestone quoins and brick surrounds to the northeast side windows.

Local climate

Boundry Wall to Island House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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