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
21018
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/12/1998
Date of Amendment
23/12/1998
Name of Property
5 Garden Suburbs
Address
5 Garden Suburbs
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Crosskeys
Town
Locality
Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb
Easting
322228
Northing
193102
Street Side
N
Location
Terrace at the very N end of the Garden Suburbs.
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
New glazing, porch extended, and has been re-rendered.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with other neighbouring listed items in Garden Suburbs.
Group Description
Nos 1-11 (odd - consec) Garden Suburbs
Asymmetrical group of 6 cottages, No 1 stepped up and Nos 9 and 11 stepped down to accommodate slope. Pebbledashed with some tile dressings; tiled roof with swept eaves; 3 ridge stacks, the centre reduced. 2 storeys. Nos 1 and 7 have wide full height gables with 4-light cambered-arched windows with brick sills to each floor; gabled porch with decorative tile kneelers and side entrance to No 1, which matches that to No 11 at other end. Nos 3 & 5 and 9 & 11 have paired lower gables, similar 3-light windows to first floor, 4-light windows to ground floor of Nos 9 and 11. Splayed bays under tiled roofs to Nos 3 and 5, hoods to doorways of Nos 3 and 9 and porches to Nos 5 and 7. Some original leaded casement glazing retained.
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