Town Hall & Market Buildings, Market Square

Following significant population growth, largely as a result of the status of Newcastle Emlyn as a market town, the area became an urban district in 1894. In anticipation of this, the lord of the manor, John Campbell, 2nd Earl Cawdor, whose local seat was at Stackpole Court, decided to procure a new market hall: the site he selected was a triangular area which already served as a Market Square. The building was designed by David Jenkins of Llandeilo in the Jacobean style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in 1892. The design involved a main block which was orientated east to west together with a southern block. The west end of the main block originally featured two round headed…