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
21041
Building Number
45
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/11/1993
Date of Amendment
10/03/2003
Name of Property
45 Garden Suburbs, Circus
Address
45 Garden Suburbs, Circus
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Crosskeys
Town
Locality
Pont-y-Waun Garden Suburb
Easting
322157
Northing
192986
Street Side
NW
Location
Set below the road on the lower N side of the Circus, one of the 4 blocks in the Circus
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 despite simpler design and many alterations on account of its crucial position in the layout of the Garden Suburbs; in particular group value with the other 3 blocks of the Circus.
Group Description
Nos 41-47 (odd - consec) Garden Suburbs, Circus.
Although simpler and much more altered than the other four blocks at the circus (Nos 22 to 28, 30 to 36 and 49 to 55) this block is still essentially derived from the Arts and Crafts butterfly-plan. It comprises four 2-storey houses, each with a 2-window front. At this central part of the Garden Suburb each block reflects that which is diagonally opposite. Pebbledashed elevations with slate roof: chimney stacks removed. Replacement top-hung casement windows throughout; hoodmoulds to ground floor. The two windows to centre (Nos 43 and 45) have small gables over. Bracketed hood over doorways. Decorative brick diamond detail and tile string course to each elevation. This block was probably built sometime in the Inter War period (ie. 1919-1945).
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