Carmarthen - Carmarthenshire, Wales, Great Britain.
N 51° 51.356 W 004° 18.350
30U E 410068 N 5745820
Carmarthenshire County Hall - A majestic chateau style building towering above the the river Towy and the aproaches to Carmarthen Town. County Hall was built in the grounds of Carmarthen Castle.
Waymark Code: WMG847
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/27/2013
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Carmarhen County Hall became a Grade: II listed building in November 2003. Cadw Building ID: 82151
"Carmarthen County Hall was designed in 1935 by Sir Percy Thomas but not completed until 1955. The county hall replaced the Carmarthen Gaol built by John Nash on part of the site of Carmarthen Castle. The portico of the Nash gaol was dismantled for re-erection, but the stones were mislaid during the war.
The county council was formed in 1889, operated first from the County Clerk's private office in Llandovery, then from Bank House, Spilman Street from 1907. The gaol site was bought in 1924 and various plans for conversion made before the decision for a new building was taken in 1934. Work stopped in 1942 and resumed in 1946. The council chamber was completed last.
The building is in Chateau style, using rock-faced grey Forest of Dean stone with some Portland stone dressings and steep roofs of grey-green slate. There are four ranges each with massive roof bell-cast at eaves and the 2 long sides ended in full-height curved bays carried up as curved pavilion roofs. There is a broad doorcase in Portland stone carved with 11 relief shields by David Evans illustrative of the county council's operations (education, health, weights and measures, car taxation etc)." Text source: (
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Carmarthenshire County Council (Welsh: Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, providing a range of services under the control of elected county councillors that include education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The council is one of twenty-two unitary authorities that came into existence on 1 April 1996 under the provisions of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. It took over local government functions previously provided by Carmarthen District, Dinefwr Borough and Llanelli Borough councils.
It is the second body of this name: the previous Carmarthenshire County Council was formed on 1 April 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888 and was abolished on 31 March 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972." Text Source: (
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