Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
26/07/1963
Date of Amendment
29/01/1999
Name of Property
Diana Cottage
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Location
Approximately 100m ESE of the parish church and on the E side of a junction with a minor road to a footbridge over the Ogmore river.
History
Small single-unit end-entry house built c1700 and not subsequently enlarged, except for a small projection at the rear.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey cube-shaped cottage of whitewashed rubble stone and thatch roof. In the gable end is a large stepped external stack, to the R of which is a half-lit door renewed in the original doorway. The R side wall has an enlarged 3-light casement. The rear gable end has a low single-storey projection offset to R, also with thatch roof, a small window lower L and an attic casement.
Interior
The original fireplace has a stop-chamfered surround, with a segmental-chamfered lintel.
Reason for designation
A rare example of an unimproved cottage of c1700, retaining original form and detail. Also for group value with other listed items in Merthyr Mawr and on the Merthyr Mawr Estate.
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