Ball Court is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Ruined structure.

Ball Court

WRENN ID
eternal-iron-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Carmarthenshire
Constituency
Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Ruined structure
Address
Ball Court, Laugharne Township
OS grid reference
SN 301 104
Coordinates
51.76714, -4.46233
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Ball Court is a mid-19th century building that is not present on the 1834 survey map but is listed on the 1842 Tithe Map as a storehouse. It is a ruined, four-storey, five-bay structure made of rubble and has long been disused. The right-hand bay is advanced and gabled, and it formerly had a lower pitched roof extension at the front, as indicated on modern Ordnance Survey maps. The building features brick voussoir lintels above square-headed openings. It is a prominent structure in the general views of the Laugharne foreshore.

Local climate

Ball Court 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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