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
13493
Building Number
32
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/05/1962
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
32 Graig-yr-Helfa Road
Address
32 Graig-yr-Helfa Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Community
Pontypridd
Town
Locality
Glyntaff
Easting
308403
Northing
189681
Street Side
Location
On a W-facing hillside overlooking the town. No 32 is at the N end of the group.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built in 1838-9 by Dr William Price with a 'Druidic museum' close to the Rocking Stone on Pontypridd Common. The 'museum' was a 4-storey round house demolished in c1950.
William Price (1800-93) was a doctor, chartist and druid who performed druidical rites at the nearby rocking stone and was a conspicuous local figure dressed in white tunic, scarlet waistcoat, green trousers and fox-skin hat. He achieved a national reputation as an advocate of free love and vegetarianism and scorned orthodox religion and society. His acquittal in 1884 on charges of illegally cremating his son established the legality of cremation in British Law.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 4.
Group: 29-32 Graig-yr-Helfa Road, Glyntaff, Pontypridd
Comprising a pair of 3-stage round towers flanking wrought iron gates and with 2-storey attached wings. Of rendered walls painted white. The towers and the attached wing on the R side have slate roofs, the wing on the L side has replaced tile roofs, all with wide boarded eaves. The towers have eaves stacks to the outer sides, the wings each have 2 ridge stacks. In the lower and middle stage the towers have 3 narrow windows with triangular heads, while the upper stage has 2 windows. The rear wings each incorporate single-fronted and then double cottages. Added lower projections are at each ends and at the rear.
Interior
The interiors are modernised.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding extensive alterations, for its architectural interest as part of a striking group in a commanding position above the town, and for its association with Dr William Price, pioneer of the Celtic Revival of the C19.
Group Description
29-32 Graig-yr-Helfa Road, Glyntaff, Pontypridd
Comprising a pair of 3-stage round towers flanking wrought iron gates and with 2-storey attached wings. Of rendered walls painted white. The towers and the attached wing on the R side have slate roofs, the wing on the L side has replaced tile roofs, all with wide boarded eaves. The towers have eaves stacks to the outer sides, the wings each have 2 ridge stacks. In the lower and middle stage the towers have 3 narrow windows with triangular heads, while the upper stage has 2 windows. The rear wings each incorporate single-fronted and then double-fronted cottages. Added lower projections are at each ends and at the rear.
The interiors are modernised.
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