Former entrance tower to Pantglas, including attached remains of house. is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 October 1974. Entrance tower.

Former entrance tower to Pantglas, including attached remains of house.

WRENN ID
standing-steel-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 October 1974
Type
Entrance tower
Address
Former entrance tower to Pantglas, including attached remains of house., Llanfynydd
OS grid reference
SN 548 256
Coordinates
51.91052, -4.11195
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The building is the former entrance tower to Pantglas, which includes the attached remains of a house. It is an Italianate four-storey tower featuring a two-storey portico set back on its left side. The structure is made of dressed masonry with roughcast walls. The lower storey of the tower is constructed with rusticated masonry and has round-headed doorways on the front and right sides. The second storey features a recessed segmental-headed window framed by rusticated quoin strips. Above this, the rendered third storey displays a blind balustrade and a keyed oculus situated between rusticated quoins. A broad panel separates the third and upper storeys. The upper storey is adorned with triple keyed round-headed windows, where the central window contains a two-pane sash window while the outer windows are blind. Consoles support pedestals on the balustraded parapet above.

The two-bay portico is supported by Tuscan columns, with paired columns in the centre, and features a balustrade on the upper storey. The lower storey windows in the passage are framed with Doric architraves. To the left, there is a freestanding column that is part of the original porch. On the right side of the tower, there is a roughcast single-window wall.

Local climate

Former entrance tower to Pantglas, including attached remains of house. sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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