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
1909
Building Number
6
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/1993
Date of Amendment
23/12/1998
Name of Property
6 Garden Suburbs
Address
6 Garden Suburbs
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Crosskeys
Town
Locality
Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb
Easting
322207
Northing
193046
Street Side
E
Location
Semi-detached pair, near the N end of Garden Suburbs, with rubble front 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 other listed items at Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb because of its well-preserved original character.
Group Description
Nos 6 & 8 Garden Suburbs
Single-storey and attic, reflected pair of 2-window cottages with pebbledashed front and half-hipped tiled roof with overhanging swept eaves. Red brick chimney stacks to centre and to rear pitches. Leaded casement glazing with brick sills and band over ground floor windows. The design of the front is focused on the twinned gables which are jettied forward over 3-light first floor windows; 4-light windows below. At either end are splayed bays with broad cornices. Entrances are to the 1-window side elevations with bracketed hood to No 6 and porch to No 8; 4-light windows to attic and 3-light below.
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