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
1908
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/1993
Date of Amendment
23/12/1998
Name of Property
2 Garden Suburbs
Address
2 Garden Suburbs
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Crosskeys
Town
Locality
Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb
Easting
322217
Northing
193062
Street Side
E
Location
Semi-detached pair at N end of the Garden Suburbs, with rubble front garden wall with gabled coping.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Part of the Garden City Movement, Garden Suburbs Pont-y-Waun was begun c1918, built by Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Co. for the officials of the Abercarn, Cwm Carn and Prince of Wales Collieries and was completed in 3 or 4 phases. The linear plan is composed of a single road with circus near the mid-point and the houses on the E side are set above the road while those to the W are below it. The architect is unknown although Edward Rosser has been suggested and links have also been made with Ebbw Vale and The Dingle garden villages; the variety of design probably indicates the work of several architects. First housing development in the Borough with an electricity supply and adequate drainage system.
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with neighbouring listed items in Garden Suburbs.
Group Description
Nos 2 & 4 Garden Suburbs
2-storey, reflected pair of 2-window cottages with pebbledashed front and tiled roof with overhanging swept eaves. Pebbledashed chimney stacks with red brick caps to centre and to No 2; cut down to No 4. Leaded casement glazing with brick sills and band over ground floor windows. 4-light first floor windows to centre under broad hipped hoods that rise almost to main ridge level. Central doorways with half-glazed doors are contained under tiled hoods which continue over the flanking splayed bays; 3-light outer ground floor windows.
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