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
22135
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/07/1999
Date of Amendment
30/07/1999
Name of Property
Church House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Blaenau Gwent
Community
Beaufort
Town
Locality
Newchurch
Easting
317064
Northing
210656
Street Side
E
Location
Set above small walled garden on E side of main road, between Swn-y-Gan and High Trees.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early/mid C19, possibly contemporary with the demolished St. John’s Church, which stood immediately upslope of the house to the SE. The church was built in 1842 under the patronage of Crawshay Bailey and Co. for families working at the ironworks.
Exterior
Symmetrical facade of three bays and two storeys. Construction of local coursed ashlar blocks. Slate roof. Gable chimneys of ashlar. Central round-arched doorway with radiating fanlight and C20 door. Ground floor 6/6-pane sashes; 3/6 pane sashes to first floor. Windows have flat heads with ashlar voussoirs.
Interior
Not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-designed and constructed early C19 house, its character well-preserved.
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