Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
23858
Building Number
5  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/07/2000  
Date of Amendment
31/07/2000  
Name of Property
,5 Gelli Houses,Gelli,,  
Address
5 Gelli Houses  

Location


Unitary Authority
Neath Port Talbot  
Community
Glyncorrwg  
Town
 
Locality
Gelli  
Easting
287211  
Northing
196198  
Street Side
E  
Location
Approximately 1.1km E of Cymmer and set back from the A4107.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Erected in 1883 for colliers at nearby pits owned by the Glyncorrwg Coal Mining Company. The single-storey construction is unusual and the Gelli Houses represent one of the latest examples of the type. Of four-room construction with a lean-to pantry at the back, only two of the rooms were originally heated. The houses originally shared a communal bakehouse but this had been demolished by 1904.  

Exterior
1-12 Gelli Houses Two rows of 6 double-fronted houses are placed end-to-end but not quite parallel. The rubble-stone walls are now rendered, the roofs have been renewed and most of the brick stacks survive, some rendered. The windows and doors are replaced, mostly in original openings.  

Interior
Not inspected.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a rare surviving row of single-storey colliers' cottages, representing a distinctive plan form used in the early mining cottages on the western side of the South Wales coalfield.  

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