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
11410
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
22/08/1975
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Name of Property
2 Chapel Row
Address
2 Chapel Row
Location
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Community
Park
Town
Locality
Georgetown
Easting
304453
Northing
206671
Street Side
Location
Situated in open ground to E of Omnibus Depot and backing on to River Taff.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Octagonal chapel opened 1805, converted to Storehouse by 1836 Survey Plan; row of houses added ca 1825.
Exterior
2-storey terraced row with taller remains of polygonal structure at N end. Uniform rubble frontage with some rough dressings; continuous slate roof, hipped to S end, brick stacks. 2-window fronts (wider at S end), cemented reveals under voussoir lintels (painted to No 1), modern small-pane sash windows. Central 6-panel doors (offset to No 5). Low walled forecourts with plain cappings link to splayed outer wall of former chapel/warehouse forward on left; pale quoins and round-arched window openings.
To W of Chapel Row is a reconstructed section of canal with ironwork frame of the (relocated) Rhydycar Iron Bridge.
Interior
Reason for designation
No 4 Chapel Row is celebrated as birthplace in 1841 of the famous composer Joseph Parry.
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