Kidwelly Castle is a Grade I listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 May 1963. A Medieval Castle.

Kidwelly Castle

WRENN ID
young-finial-coral
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 May 1963
Type
Castle
Period
Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Rubble stone, mainly millstone grit boulders with sandstone, and some Sutton limestone for dressings. Twin-towered S gatehouse of massive scale. Semi-circular outer ward wall facing W with four towers, one collapsed, and square inner ward with four corner towers linked by straight stretches of curtain wall to SE corner of gatehouse and NE end of outer ward wall. SW tower has domed vault. Hall against E side of inner ward. Fine polygonal-ended chapel projecting E from inner ward SE tower, with cross-gabled sacristy tower to S. Kitchen of c1500 in SW corner. In outer ward are two large gabled ranges, the Tudor Hall, against W wall of inner ward, c1500, and another in NE corner N of NE tower of inner ward, probably of same date.

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