Island House is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 September 1991. House.
Island House
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-paling-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 September 1991
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
House, 2 storeys and basement, 3-window range, with central entry. Whitewashed rubble stone, pitched slate roof with tiled crest and red brick end stacks. Boxed eaves. Small-paned sashes throughout with marginal glazing bars, in plain reveals, with painted sills. Centre bay has stone steps to doorway with 4-panelled painted timber door and narrow, traceried overlight, set in elliptical arched recess. N gable has blocked openings under timber lintels and reset datestone inscribed "Job Brigstock 1798". S gable with curved bread oven, concealed by lower whitewashed range: single storey, gable fronted with slate roof. Painted boarded timber door to L of 12-pane sash to front gable end. Pair of similar sashes to S side wall.
Interior not inspected, said to be well-preserved. Central hall leads to timber staircase with finely-detailed Georgian hand-rail and carved tread ends curving round miniature stairwell. Ground floor room to R has elliptical arched recess and wall cupboards with marginal glazing bars to open work doors. Remaining timberwork detailing of a good standard. Stone stair leading to former cellar, now blocked. "Brigstock was born 1782" engraved on upstairs window.
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