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.
Date of Designation
13/01/1988
Date of Amendment
13/01/1988
Address
49/50 High Street
Unitary Authority
Merthyr Tydfil
Location
At main road junction, Pontmorlais Circus, with canted frontage facing uphill to Penydarren and across to Pontmorlais West.
History
Early to mid C19 (shown on 1851 Board of Health map).
Exterior
2 storeys, 4+3 windows, stucco; slate roof splayed round corner. Twin dormers with bargeboards on right, central brick stack. Heavily moulded architraves with lion-mask keyblocks to sash windows. Splayed shopfront with boxed-in fascia, end volute brackets, recessed door with Victorian curved glazing, ornamented overdoor. Modern brick right gable.
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