Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
11240
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/07/1963
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Diana Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Merthyr Mawr
Town
Locality
Merthyr Mawr
Easting
288415
Northing
177497
Street Side
S
Location
Approximately 100m ESE of the parish church and on the E side of a junction with a minor road to a footbridge over the Ogmore river.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Small single-unit end-entry house built c1700 and not subsequently enlarged, except for a small projection at the rear.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey cube-shaped cottage of whitewashed rubble stone and thatch roof. In the gable end is a large stepped external stack, to the R of which is a half-lit door renewed in the original doorway. The R side wall has an enlarged 3-light casement. The rear gable end has a low single-storey projection offset to R, also with thatch roof, a small window lower L and an attic casement.
Interior
The original fireplace has a stop-chamfered surround, with a segmental-chamfered lintel.
Reason for designation
A rare example of an unimproved cottage of c1700, retaining original form and detail. Also for group value with other listed items in Merthyr Mawr and on the Merthyr Mawr Estate.
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