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
13569
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
27/03/1985
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Old Fire Station
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Gelligaer
Town
Locality
Ystrad Mynach
Easting
314591
Northing
193622
Street Side
E
Location
Originally situated off Park Road but now resited in grounds of Caerphilly County Borough Council offices at Ystrad Fawr, to W of main house.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
This small municipal fire station formerly housed a horse cart or small manual pump. Originally on Park Road with a boundary wall attached, it was moved to present position following a decision to re-site in 1988.
Exterior
Small fire station. Of red brick with terracotta dressings; slate roof with tiled cresting. Main elevation has triangular pediment gable with 3 ball finials on corniced pedestals, central pilaster overlaid by two string courses, raised date and title inscription "1910 Fire Station", moulded eaves cornice. Below is the wide segmental arched opening under moulded key block with hoodmould, renewed double doors; long and short quoins, moulded plinth. Side elevation right has two paired casement windows, renewed, with moulded pediments over; blank left side and rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included notwithstanding its resiting as an unusual surviving example of a small early municipal fire station.
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